Originally intransitive, fromhaste -en ( verbal suffix ) .
hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens present participle hastening simple past and past participle hastened
( intransitive ) quick fashion.( transitive ) c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene ii] :Hamlet :hasten them?
1956 Railway Magazine , page320 :A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour ishastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war.
( transitive ) scheduled event to happenearlier .1960 Trains Illustrated , page96 :The decision tohasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between London, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
2008 Economists with Guns , page 7:[ …] hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
to move in a quick fashion
Azerbaijani:tələsmək (az) Bulgarian:бързам (bg) ( bǎrzam ) ,движа се бързо ( dviža se bǎrzo ) Dutch:haasten (nl) Esperanto:rapidi Finnish:kiirehtää French:se dépêcher (fr) ,se hâter (fr) Galician:bulir (gl) German:hasten (de) ,sich beeilen (de) ,eilen (de) Greek:Ancient:σπεύδω ( speúdō ) Hungarian:siet (hu) Ingrian:kiirehtää Italian:affrettarsi (it) ,sbrigarsi Latin:celerō accelerō festīnō Portuguese:correr (pt) Quechua:chanchay Russian:спеши́ть (ru) impf ( spešítʹ ) ,поспеши́ть (ru) pf ( pospešítʹ ) ;торопи́ться (ru) impf ( toropítʹsja ) ,поторопи́ться (ru) pf ( potoropítʹsja ) Sanskrit:रंहति (sa) ( raṃhati ) Slovak:poponáhľať sa náhliť sa Spanish:correr (es) Swedish:jäkta (sv) ,hasta (sv) ,skynda (sv) Thai:รีบ (th) ( rîip )
to make someone/something speed up
Bulgarian:ускорявам (bg) ( uskorjavam ) Cebuano:dali Dutch:bespoedigen (nl) ,verhaasten (nl) Esperanto:akceli rapidigi Finnish:kiirehtiä (fi) French:hâter (fr) ,presser (fr) German:beschleunigen (de) Hungarian:siettet (hu) ,gyorsít (hu) Irish:luathaigh Italian:affrettare (it) Latin:accelero celero Maori:whakaoma Polish:przyspieszać (pl) impf ( a process ) ,przyspieszyć (pl) pf ( a process ) ,popędzać (pl) impf ( a person or an animal ) Portuguese:acelerar (pt) ,apressar (pt) Russian:торопи́ть (ru) impf ( toropítʹ ) ,поторопи́ть (ru) pf ( potoropítʹ ) Slovak:urýchliť posúriť Spanish:acelerar (es) Swedish:skynda på (sv) ,jäkta (sv) Thai:เร่ง (th) ( rêng )
to cause a scheduled event to happen earlier
“hasten ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . IPA (key ) : ( Navarro-Lapurdian ) /has̺ten/ [has̺.t̪ẽn] IPA (key ) : ( Southern ) /as̺ten/ [as̺.t̪ẽn] Rhymes:-as̺ten -en Hyphenation:has‧ten hasten
Imperfect participle ofhasi ( “ to start ” ) hasten c
definite singular ofhast hasten
genitive plural ofhapsi Hast -en
hasten (weak third-person singular present hastet past tense hastete past participle gehastet auxiliary sein ( intransitive )
tohurry , torush ( on foot, in an anxious or breathless haste ) Synonyms: eilen rennen stürmen Antonyms: trödeln trotten Ichhastete zur Tür. ―Irushed to the door. Conjugation of
hasten (
weak , auxiliary
sein )
1 Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde
Composed forms of
hasten (
weak , auxiliary
sein )
“hasten ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hasten ” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon “hasten ” inDuden online “hasten ” inOpenThesaurus.de hasten
definite singular ofhast 
