hasten

Definition

To move or act in a quick fashion.

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).

Example Sentences

• "I would hasten my escape from the windy storm."
• "Hamlet: Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them?"
• "A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war."

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