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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate]
2: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
3: speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process" [syn: expedite, hasten]
4: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten]

Merriam Webster's

verb (hastened; hastening) Date: 1568 intransitive verb to move or act quickly transitive verb 1. to urge on <hastened her to the door — A. J. Cronin> 2. accelerate <hasten the coming of a new order — D. W. Brogan> • hastener noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. (often foll. by to + infin.) make haste; hurry. 2 tr. cause to occur or be ready or be done sooner.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hasten Has"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening.] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps. lv. 8.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hasten Has"ten, v. i. To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. --D? Foe.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hastens, hastening, hastened) 1. If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country. = speed up VERB: V n 2. If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it. She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract. VERB: V to-inf 3. If you hasten to say something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report. VERB: V to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Haste, hurry, move quickly, move speedily, be quick, be in a hurry, make haste, mend one's pace, lose no time, lose not a moment, make the best of one's way, wing one's way, crowd sail, clap spurs to one's horse. II. v. a. Expedite, despatch, speed, accelerate, quicken, precipitate, press on, urge on, urge forward, push forward, bring speedily, bring on quickly.

Moby Thesaurus

accelerate, advance, advantage, aid, barrel, bolt, boost, bundle, burn to, bustle, career, chafe, chase, clear the way, conduce to, contribute to, crack on, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dispatch, double-time, drive on, ease, encourage, expedite, explain, facilitate, favor, festinate, fleet, fling, flit, fly, forward, foster, fret, further, fuss, gain ground, get excited, get going, get moving, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hardly wait, haste, hasten on, help along, hie, hie on, hotfoot, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, impel, itch to, jump the gun, leap, lend wings to, loose, lose no time, lubricate, make clear, make for, make haste, make way for, move, move quickly, oil, open the throttle, open the way, open up, pave the way, pick up speed, plunge, post, precipitate, prepare the way, press, press on, promote, push, push forward, push on, push through, put forward, put on, put on steam, quicken, race, railroad through, remove friction, rev, run, run interference for, rush, rush along, rush through, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, send, set forward, shake up, shoot, simplify, skedaddle, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, speed, speed along, speed up, sprint, spur, spurt, squirm, stampede, step on it, step up, stew, sweat, sweat and stew, sweat it out, tear, unbar, unblock, unclog, unjam, urge, wait impatiently, whip, whip along