post-hasten.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/

Forms: see post n.³ and haste n.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, haste v.

Etymology: Apparently originally < post n.³ + haste v. (compare the phrase haste, post, haste , frequently as a delivery instruction on 16th-cent. letters: see quots. 1538, 1547, 1558 in etymological note); in later use the second element was apparently apprehended as haste n.For the phrase haste, post, haste (and variants) compare:1538 T. Cromwell in Life & Lett. (1902) II. 139 From Saint James 4^to Maij 30 R. R. Lorde Privie seal—In hast, hast, post hast.1547 Duke of Somerset Let. 18 Aug. in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 119 To our very good Lord th' Erle of Shrewesbury, besides Dancastre. Hast post, hast for thy lief, for thy lief.1558 Queen Mary I in R. R. Sharpe London & Kingd. (1894) I. 480 Hast, hast post, hast, for lief, for lief, for lief, for lief.

A. n.

Haste like that of a person travelling post (see post adv.¹); great promptness and speed. Frequently in phrase in (all) post-haste. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > urgent

hiec1175

rape?a1300

hastec1300

ragec1400

post-haste1545

post expedition1546

burn1835

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > like that of travelling

post-haste1545

post expedition1546

post-pace1546

post speed1546

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 6 Yf he make Poste haste, bothe he that oweth the horse, and he..that afterwarde shal bye the horse, may chaunce to curse hym.

a1555 J. Philpot Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 2008/2 Farewell deare brother. written in posthast because of straite kepyng.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xxv. 19/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II With all the hast and post hast he could, he turneth a faire paire of heeles and runneth awaie.

1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue (1608) K7 They send for them home againe in all post haste to visit their mammes.

1632 Swed. Intelligencer II. 66 The Articles..were with all post-hast, to be dispeeded away.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace ix. 199 Messengers are sent one after another in post-haste to the Physician.

1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 176 You did not use to write in Post-Hast.

1837 Commodore & Daughter I. 39 It was mainly through the interest of his uncle that he was made post with such post-haste.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 386 A drenching of that violence..has sent more than one luckless fellow in good earnest posthaste to another world.

B. adj.

Prompt, swift; done, sent, etc., with all possible speed. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

post-haste1594

hasteful1610

rush1879

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I3 Post-hast letters came to him..to returne as speedily as he could.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 37 The Duke..requires your hast, post hast appearance, Euen on the instant. ]

1784 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 15 A Post Haste Conveyance for S[cottish] Members.

1992 Good Food (BNC) Dec. 12 Victoria Wine's Post Haste delivery service despatches wine or spirits for £5.99.

C. adv.

With the speed of a person travelling post; with all possible haste; immediately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > expeditiously

post-haste1597

expeditiously1603

dispatchedly1611

expedientlya1616

post1632

dispatchful1725

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently

belivec1175

hyinglya1225

hastilyc1275

rapelya1300

hastivelyc1300

hotfootc1300

foot-hotc1330

derflya1400

post1549

hastyc1550

post-haste1597

hastefully1813

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 54 Olde Iohn of Gaunt..hath sent post haste, To intreate your Maiestie to visite him.

1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman i. iii. sig. B3^v I range about The mangled bodies of this bloudy field, To finde the Traytor forth, whose spotted soule Ile send posthaste vnto that low Abisse.

1698 E. Ward London Spy I. ii. 6 A Dead-mongers Waggon, Laden with a Stinking Corps,..driving Post-hast to the next Church-Yard, in order for interment.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 2. ⁋2 Her Coach is order'd, and Post-haste she flies.

1788 E. Heber Let. 1 Dec. in Heber Lett. (1950) ii. 47 Charles Fox you will see by the papers is arrived from the Continent post haste.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 8 This she sent post-haste to the Duke of Lorraine.

1875 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 20 202 My first object was..to request the Acting Viceroy to send instructions post haste to the Yung-ch'ang Fu officials to give him every assistance.

1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son 258 The lad who travelled post-haste to bring the news.

1938 V. Woolf Let. 18 June (1980) VI. 241 He said he had travelled post haste from Prague to see Leonard.

1993 Accountancy (BNC) 58 In most parts of what used to be the Eastern bloc, telecommunications are being upgraded post-haste.

2005 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 5 a The state can't track how much it has spent at any given time because the computers can't exactly say?.. The incoming Manchin administration needs to fix that posthaste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† post-hastev.

Forms: see post-haste n., adj., and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: post-haste n.

Etymology: < either post-haste n., post-haste adj., or post-haste adv.

Obsolete. rare.

1. transitive. To cause to travel or move post-haste; to hasten, hurry.

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 > a person

buskc1390

enhaste1430

post1570

bustle1575

expede1600

post-haste1607

pearten1827

crowd1838

scuffle1838

rush1889

1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 68 He shall neither post hast them in gramer, nor dull them with exercises of writinge latine.

2. intransitive. To hasten with all speed; to hurry, rush.

ΘΚΠ

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

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. 102 The short-lyu'd Flowre, and Portion Of poore, sad life, post-hasteth to be gone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	post-haste
释义	post-hasten.adj.adv. Brit. /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ Forms: see post n.³ and haste n. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, haste v. Etymology: Apparently originally < post n.³ + haste v. (compare the phrase haste, post, haste , frequently as a delivery instruction on 16th-cent. letters: see quots. 1538, 1547, 1558 in etymological note); in later use the second element was apparently apprehended as haste n.For the phrase haste, post, haste (and variants) compare:1538 T. Cromwell in Life & Lett. (1902) II. 139 From Saint James 4^to Maij 30 R. R. Lorde Privie seal—In hast, hast, post hast.1547 Duke of Somerset Let. 18 Aug. in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 119 To our very good Lord th' Erle of Shrewesbury, besides Dancastre. Hast post, hast for thy lief, for thy lief.1558 Queen Mary I in R. R. Sharpe London & Kingd. (1894) I. 480 Hast, hast post, hast, for lief, for lief, for lief, for lief. A. n. Haste like that of a person travelling post (see post adv.¹); great promptness and speed. Frequently in phrase in (all) post-haste. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > urgent hiec1175 rape?a1300 hastec1300 ragec1400 post-haste1545 post expedition1546 burn1835 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > like that of travelling post-haste1545 post expedition1546 post-pace1546 post speed1546 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 6 Yf he make Poste haste, bothe he that oweth the horse, and he..that afterwarde shal bye the horse, may chaunce to curse hym. a1555 J. Philpot Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 2008/2 Farewell deare brother. written in posthast because of straite kepyng. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xxv. 19/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II With all the hast and post hast he could, he turneth a faire paire of heeles and runneth awaie. 1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue (1608) K7 They send for them home againe in all post haste to visit their mammes. 1632 Swed. Intelligencer II. 66 The Articles..were with all post-hast, to be dispeeded away. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace ix. 199 Messengers are sent one after another in post-haste to the Physician. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 176 You did not use to write in Post-Hast. 1837 Commodore & Daughter I. 39 It was mainly through the interest of his uncle that he was made post with such post-haste. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 386 A drenching of that violence..has sent more than one luckless fellow in good earnest posthaste to another world. B. adj. Prompt, swift; done, sent, etc., with all possible speed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with urgent speed > full of haste post-haste1594 hasteful1610 rush1879 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I3 Post-hast letters came to him..to returne as speedily as he could. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 37 The Duke..requires your hast, post hast appearance, Euen on the instant. View more context for this quotation] 1784 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 15 A Post Haste Conveyance for S[cottish] Members. 1992 Good Food (BNC) Dec. 12 Victoria Wine's Post Haste delivery service despatches wine or spirits for £5.99. C. adv. With the speed of a person travelling post; with all possible haste; immediately. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > expeditiously post-haste1597 expeditiously1603 dispatchedly1611 expedientlya1616 post1632 dispatchful1725 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently belivec1175 hyinglya1225 hastilyc1275 rapelya1300 hastivelyc1300 hotfootc1300 foot-hotc1330 derflya1400 post1549 hastyc1550 post-haste1597 hastefully1813 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 54 Olde Iohn of Gaunt..hath sent post haste, To intreate your Maiestie to visite him. View more context for this quotation 1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman i. iii. sig. B3^v I range about The mangled bodies of this bloudy field, To finde the Traytor forth, whose spotted soule Ile send posthaste vnto that low Abisse. 1698 E. Ward London Spy I. ii. 6 A Dead-mongers Waggon, Laden with a Stinking Corps,..driving Post-hast to the next Church-Yard, in order for interment. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 2. ⁋2 Her Coach is order'd, and Post-haste she flies. 1788 E. Heber Let. 1 Dec. in Heber Lett. (1950) ii. 47 Charles Fox you will see by the papers is arrived from the Continent post haste. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 8 This she sent post-haste to the Duke of Lorraine. 1875 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 20 202 My first object was..to request the Acting Viceroy to send instructions post haste to the Yung-ch'ang Fu officials to give him every assistance. 1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son 258 The lad who travelled post-haste to bring the news. 1938 V. Woolf Let. 18 June (1980) VI. 241 He said he had travelled post haste from Prague to see Leonard. 1993 Accountancy (BNC) 58 In most parts of what used to be the Eastern bloc, telecommunications are being upgraded post-haste. 2005 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 5 a The state can't track how much it has spent at any given time because the computers can't exactly say?.. The incoming Manchin administration needs to fix that posthaste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † post-hastev. Forms: see post-haste n., adj., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: post-haste n. Etymology: < either post-haste n., post-haste adj., or post-haste adv. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To cause to travel or move post-haste; to hasten, hurry. 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 > a person buskc1390 enhaste1430 post1570 bustle1575 expede1600 post-haste1607 pearten1827 crowd1838 scuffle1838 rush1889 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 68 He shall neither post hast them in gramer, nor dull them with exercises of writinge latine. 2. intransitive. To hasten with all speed; to hurry, rush. ΘΚΠ 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 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. 102 The short-lyu'd Flowre, and Portion Of poore, sad life, post-hasteth to be gone. 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