haste
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Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swed. hasta "to hasten, rush") and Middle English hast (noun) "haste" from Old French haste (French: hâte)[1] from Frankish haist, haifst, violence [2]. Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste "haste", Old English hǣst "violence", Old English hǣste "violent, impetuous, vehement", Old Norse heift/heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German and Danish heftig (“vehement”).
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haste (uncountable)
- A speedy or quick action. (e.g. We were running late so we finished our meal in haste)
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speedy or quick action
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- hasten verb
- hastily adverb
- hastiness noun
- hasty adjective
- make haste
- posthaste, post haste adverb
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haste (third-person singular simple present hastes, present participle hasting, simple past and past participle hasted)
- (transitive) To urge onward; to hasten
- (intransitive) To move with haste.
- 1594, “The Wounds of Civill War”, in A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition)[1]:
- The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire.
- 1825, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson in Nine Volumes[2]:
- He hastes away to another, whom his affairs have called to a distant place, and, having seen the empty house, goes away disgusted by a disappointment which could not be intended, because it could not be foreseen.
- 1881, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present[3]:
- Samson hastes not; but neither does he pause to rest.
- 1594, “The Wounds of Civill War”, in A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition)[1]:
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haste
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haste f. (plural hastes)
