hastenv.

Brit.

/ˈheɪsn/, U.S.

/ˈheɪs(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s– hasten, 1500s hastin, 1900s– heisten (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haste n., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: < haste n. + -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier haste v. and hasty v.In to hasten slowly at Phrases after post-classical Latin festina lente (imperative) make haste slowly (see festina lente phr.).

1. intransitive. To make haste; to act quickly; to hurry or to be quick (to do something); to come or go quickly. Cf. haste v. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry

hiec1250

skelta1400

hasty?a1425

hasten1534

festinate1652

to look sharp1680

to make play1799

hurry-scurry1809

to tumble up1826

crowd1838

rush1859

hurry1871

to get a move on1888

hurry and scurry1889

to buck up1890

to get a hump on1892

to get a wiggle on1896

to shake a leg1904

to smack it about1914

flurry1917

to step on it (her)1923

to make it snappy1926

jildi1930

to get an iggri on1946

ert-

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed

rempeOE

fuseOE

rakeOE

hiec1175

i-fusec1275

rekec1275

hastec1300

pellc1300

platc1300

startc1300

buskc1330

rapc1330

rapec1330

skip1338

firk1340

chase1377

raikc1390

to hie one's waya1400

catchc1400

start?a1505

spur1513

hasten1534

to make speed1548

post1553

hurry1602

scud1602

curry1608

to put on?1611

properate1623

post-haste1628

whirryc1630

dust1650

kite1854

to get a move on1888

to hump it1888

belt1890

to get (or put) one's skates on1895

hotfoot1896

to rattle one's dags1968

shimmy1969

1534 T. Elyot tr. St. Cyprian Swete & Deuoute Serm. sig. Dvii He hastened to brynge hym out of the myddes of iniquitie.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 399 King Richard..hastened not a little to set all thinges..in order.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lx. sig. E So do our minuites hasten to their end.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xviii. 6 Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxvi. 148 Nor did he hasten to beat them out of his Country.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 224 I hasten'd back to my Castle.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxii. 349 The new consuls, Mamertinus and Nevitta, hastened to the palace to salute the emperor.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §7. 534 Scotland..hastened to sign the Covenant.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 July 5/3 The streets were almost deserted save for those hastening toward some of these attractive picnic grounds.

1970 J. G. Farrell Troubles i. 111 Without looking back the Major hastened along the corridor, up the stairs three at a a time.

2003 J. Fforde Well of Lost Plots vi. 74 I have six breeding pairs here..purely for research, I hasten to add.

a. transitive. To cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, press on; to quicken, accelerate, hurry. Cf. haste v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry

hiec1320

skinda1325

rape?a1400

acceleratec1522

hasten?1537

precipitate1558

swiften1638

hurry1713

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > direct (one's way or steps) with haste > cause to move with haste

i-fuseOE

speeda1325

hastec1330

hasty?a1425

hasten?1537

press1611

hackney1617

scurry1850

shoot1895

?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe iii. xii. f. 65 Sorowe hathe kylled manye, and in it selfe is founde no commoditie. Also by heuynesse dethe is hastened.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Festino Mortem in se festinauit, he hastned his owne death.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 152 Sorrowe ne neede be hastened on.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 28 Sebastian..hastened his departure, impatient of the least delaies.

1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 210 These preparations hastened the King to Nottingham.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 181 Nitre mixt with Water..is excellent to hasten the Vines.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 353 We had three Leagues to go, and our Guide hasten'd us.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 134 He wished impatiently for death, and hastened the instant of it.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 504 A very small quantity of salt hastens putrefaction.

1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 121 The ultimate effect..was discovered in hastening, not in deferring, the time of the appearance of the comet!

1915 D. Haig Diary 12 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 115 He has recently been to England to hasten the provision of airoplanes etc.

1971 Times 25 Nov. (Canning Suppl.) p. ii/9 Economic pressures will probably hasten a voluntary change.

2015 Nature 15 Oct. 321/1 Alarmist writing may hasten the next slump.

b. transitive. To dispatch or send (esp. a letter, or troops) speedily or quickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > send in haste

dispatch1517

hasten1592

1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation 26 I beseech you (so soone as you receiue this letter) hasten an answere in writing to my sisters house.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xxii. 9 Hasten hither Micaiah the sonne of Imlah.

1652 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 309 I pray be still pressing the K. of France to hasten his effectual letters.

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 178 Your Ex^ce will now have hastened over to me 34 foot Companys.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xlvii. 184 If there be any-thing in Brand's letter that will divert me, hasten it to me.

1779 Let. 14 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 419 The uncertainty of this reaching you, inclines me to hasten my Letter otherwise it would be a very long one.

1841 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 20 Apr. I..hasten this letter to put you on your guard.

1875 Cassell's Illustr. Hist. Eng. (rev. ed.) 554/1 He summoned his council, and hastened a dispatch to the Hague.

1889 L. Butler Let. 2 Sept. in I hear Symphony (1994) iv. 131 Darling, as I cannot get to talk with you, please hasten a letter to remove all doubts.

1956 Huntington Libr. Q. 20 278 In reply Herbert hastened a letter of regret.

2002 K. E. Diffley To live & Die 128 With reason for confidence, George B. McClellan hastened Union troops to South Mountain passes, and Confederate forces were pushed toward the village of Sharpsburg.

Phrases

to hasten slowly: to make steady progress while being careful not to rush or hurry. Chiefly imperative, as a proverbial exhortation to do this; cf. to make haste slowly at haste n. Phrases 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs

festina lente1537

Rome was not built in a day1545

to make haste slowly1565

to hasten slowly1623

steady as she goes1971

1623 T. Downing Catechisers Holy Encouragem. 10 The prouerb is Festinalente, hasten slowly, for to say truly, hast makes wast.

1687 P. Madan Phylos. & Med. Ess. Waters of Tunbridge 12 It's better to hasten slowly, and drink 'em leasurely.

1741 Querists, Pt. III 7 What sort of a Proof of due Care is hastening slowly?

1833 New-Eng. Mag. Feb. 114 ‘Hasten slowly,’ my young sub-freshmen, and avoid the error of your adviser.

1854 Morning Chron. 14 Apr. 6/3 Ceylon is to ‘hasten slowly’ in her career of coffee and cocoa-nut planting.

1892 Canada Educ. Monthly Apr. 124/2 We must also hasten slowly and be content to foster a taste for study.

1907 Spectator 12 Jan. 43 ‘Hasten slowly’ is a very good motto in Imperial politics.

1958 Oxf. Mail 14 Aug. 1/3 The Government is still hastening slowly on re-expansion.

2005 D. Bell Evil iv. 49 Hasten slowly, she told herself as she filed the papers.

Derivatives

ˈhastened adj.

ΚΠ

1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens i. sig. C5 The life ful quickly glides With hastned course.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 958 Thy hast'n'd widowhood.

1817 H. Smith Let. 18 Apr. in Lit. Panorama Dec. 488 The column moved forward with a hastened step.

2012 Jrnl. Med. Ethics 38 177/1 The risk of hastened death due to opioids might be overstated.

ˈhastening n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with urgent speed

hastening1545

hasting1566

hot-footed1844

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of causing

acceleration1490

hastening1545

properation1615

speedying1617

precipitation1621

hurry-up1944

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > in a hurry or hastening eagerly

hastya1387

battea1475

hastening1545

hot on (also of, in, upon) the spur1577

1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. B.iii The originall cause of horrible sycknesse and hastenyng of deathe.

1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens iii. sig. H4 Thy hastenyng pace here staye.

1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 Presaging tears Which the sad morn had let fall On her hast'ning funerall.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 95 For the speedier hastening of our second breakfast.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay.

1874 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 58 234 Irritation of the vagi, not carried beyond a certain point, causes hastening of the heart-beat.

1949 Foreign Affairs 28 48 Arrest a hastening decline of soil fertility.

2009 M. M. Winkler in Fall of Rom. Empire viii. 157 A villain who greatly contributed to the hastening of the empire's irreversible decline.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hasten
释义	hastenv. Brit. /ˈheɪsn/, U.S. /ˈheɪs(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s– hasten, 1500s hastin, 1900s– heisten (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haste n., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: < haste n. + -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier haste v. and hasty v.In to hasten slowly at Phrases after post-classical Latin festina lente (imperative) make haste slowly (see festina lente phr.). 1. intransitive. To make haste; to act quickly; to hurry or to be quick (to do something); to come or go quickly. Cf. haste v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed rempeOE fuseOE rakeOE hiec1175 i-fusec1275 rekec1275 hastec1300 pellc1300 platc1300 startc1300 buskc1330 rapc1330 rapec1330 skip1338 firk1340 chase1377 raikc1390 to hie one's waya1400 catchc1400 start?a1505 spur1513 hasten1534 to make speed1548 post1553 hurry1602 scud1602 curry1608 to put on?1611 properate1623 post-haste1628 whirryc1630 dust1650 kite1854 to get a move on1888 to hump it1888 belt1890 to get (or put) one's skates on1895 hotfoot1896 to rattle one's dags1968 shimmy1969 1534 T. Elyot tr. St. Cyprian Swete & Deuoute Serm. sig. Dvii He hastened to brynge hym out of the myddes of iniquitie. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 399 King Richard..hastened not a little to set all thinges..in order. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lx. sig. E So do our minuites hasten to their end. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xviii. 6 Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah. View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxvi. 148 Nor did he hasten to beat them out of his Country. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 224 I hasten'd back to my Castle. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxii. 349 The new consuls, Mamertinus and Nevitta, hastened to the palace to salute the emperor. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §7. 534 Scotland..hastened to sign the Covenant. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 July 5/3 The streets were almost deserted save for those hastening toward some of these attractive picnic grounds. 1970 J. G. Farrell Troubles i. 111 Without looking back the Major hastened along the corridor, up the stairs three at a a time. 2003 J. Fforde Well of Lost Plots vi. 74 I have six breeding pairs here..purely for research, I hasten to add. 2. a. transitive. To cause to move more quickly; to urge, drive, press on; to quicken, accelerate, hurry. Cf. haste v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry hiec1320 skinda1325 rape?a1400 acceleratec1522 hasten?1537 precipitate1558 swiften1638 hurry1713 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > direct (one's way or steps) with haste > cause to move with haste i-fuseOE speeda1325 hastec1330 hasty?a1425 hasten?1537 press1611 hackney1617 scurry1850 shoot1895 ?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe iii. xii. f. 65 Sorowe hathe kylled manye, and in it selfe is founde no commoditie. Also by heuynesse dethe is hastened. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Festino Mortem in se festinauit, he hastned his owne death. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 152 Sorrowe ne neede be hastened on. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 28 Sebastian..hastened his departure, impatient of the least delaies. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 210 These preparations hastened the King to Nottingham. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 181 Nitre mixt with Water..is excellent to hasten the Vines. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 353 We had three Leagues to go, and our Guide hasten'd us. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 134 He wished impatiently for death, and hastened the instant of it. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 504 A very small quantity of salt hastens putrefaction. 1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 121 The ultimate effect..was discovered in hastening, not in deferring, the time of the appearance of the comet! 1915 D. Haig Diary 12 Apr. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 115 He has recently been to England to hasten the provision of airoplanes etc. 1971 Times 25 Nov. (Canning Suppl.) p. ii/9 Economic pressures will probably hasten a voluntary change. 2015 Nature 15 Oct. 321/1 Alarmist writing may hasten the next slump. b. transitive. To dispatch or send (esp. a letter, or troops) speedily or quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > send in haste dispatch1517 hasten1592 1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation 26 I beseech you (so soone as you receiue this letter) hasten an answere in writing to my sisters house. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xxii. 9 Hasten hither Micaiah the sonne of Imlah. View more context for this quotation 1652 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 309 I pray be still pressing the K. of France to hasten his effectual letters. 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 178 Your Ex^ce will now have hastened over to me 34 foot Companys. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xlvii. 184 If there be any-thing in Brand's letter that will divert me, hasten it to me. 1779 Let. 14 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 419 The uncertainty of this reaching you, inclines me to hasten my Letter otherwise it would be a very long one. 1841 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 20 Apr. I..hasten this letter to put you on your guard. 1875 Cassell's Illustr. Hist. Eng. (rev. ed.) 554/1 He summoned his council, and hastened a dispatch to the Hague. 1889 L. Butler Let. 2 Sept. in I hear Symphony (1994) iv. 131 Darling, as I cannot get to talk with you, please hasten a letter to remove all doubts. 1956 Huntington Libr. Q. 20 278 In reply Herbert hastened a letter of regret. 2002 K. E. Diffley To live & Die 128 With reason for confidence, George B. McClellan hastened Union troops to South Mountain passes, and Confederate forces were pushed toward the village of Sharpsburg. Phrases to hasten slowly: to make steady progress while being careful not to rush or hurry. Chiefly imperative, as a proverbial exhortation to do this; cf. to make haste slowly at haste n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs festina lente1537 Rome was not built in a day1545 to make haste slowly1565 to hasten slowly1623 steady as she goes1971 1623 T. Downing Catechisers Holy Encouragem. 10 The prouerb is Festinalente, hasten slowly, for to say truly, hast makes wast. 1687 P. Madan Phylos. & Med. Ess. Waters of Tunbridge 12 It's better to hasten slowly, and drink 'em leasurely. 1741 Querists, Pt. III 7 What sort of a Proof of due Care is hastening slowly? 1833 New-Eng. Mag. Feb. 114 ‘Hasten slowly,’ my young sub-freshmen, and avoid the error of your adviser. 1854 Morning Chron. 14 Apr. 6/3 Ceylon is to ‘hasten slowly’ in her career of coffee and cocoa-nut planting. 1892 Canada Educ. Monthly Apr. 124/2 We must also hasten slowly and be content to foster a taste for study. 1907 Spectator 12 Jan. 43 ‘Hasten slowly’ is a very good motto in Imperial politics. 1958 Oxf. Mail 14 Aug. 1/3 The Government is still hastening slowly on re-expansion. 2005 D. Bell Evil iv. 49 Hasten slowly, she told herself as she filed the papers. Derivatives ˈhastened adj. ΚΠ 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens i. sig. C5 The life ful quickly glides With hastned course. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 958 Thy hast'n'd widowhood. View more context for this quotation 1817 H. Smith Let. 18 Apr. in Lit. Panorama Dec. 488 The column moved forward with a hastened step. 2012 Jrnl. Med. Ethics 38 177/1 The risk of hastened death due to opioids might be overstated. ˈhastening n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with urgent speed hastening1545 hasting1566 hot-footed1844 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of causing acceleration1490 hastening1545 properation1615 speedying1617 precipitation1621 hurry-up1944 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > in a hurry or hastening eagerly hastya1387 battea1475 hastening1545 hot on (also of, in, upon) the spur1577 1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. B.iii The originall cause of horrible sycknesse and hastenyng of deathe. 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens iii. sig. H4 Thy hastenyng pace here staye. 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 Presaging tears Which the sad morn had let fall On her hast'ning funerall. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 95 For the speedier hastening of our second breakfast. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. 1874 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 58 234 Irritation of the vagi, not carried beyond a certain point, causes hastening of the heart-beat. 1949 Foreign Affairs 28 48 Arrest a hastening decline of soil fertility. 2009 M. M. Winkler in Fall of Rom. Empire viii. 157 A villain who greatly contributed to the hastening of the empire's irreversible decline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1534
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