Synonyms for hasten

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hey-suhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ sən

Top 10 synonyms for hasten

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Définition of hasten

Origin : 1560s, extended form of haste (v.) with -en (1). Related: Hastened; hastening.

verb speed something; hurry

Example sentences :

And now, fair sir, I must hasten back to see how my rogues have fared with the brawn.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

This event, if his wife live with you, it may be in your power to hasten.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

But he never had the time; he always had to hasten home to get to work.
Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

So let us hasten to this institution, and participate this divine joy.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

But we must hasten to the remarkable subject of their conversation.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

He is on his road home, and we hasten to town, sooner than we expected, to meet him.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

At this point the superintendent's bell rang, and Miss Perry had to hasten her story.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

He will hasten to pay you his respects, and apologize for his truants.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

One direct result of it all was to hasten Josie's own leave-taking.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

It was necessary to hasten, so that he might be sure of booking a place in the diligence.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

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