hasten
IPA: hˈeɪsʌn
noun
- A surname from Dutch.
verb
- (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
- (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
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Examples of "hasten" in Sentences
- His death was hastened by intemperance.
- The government is intent on hastening that trend.
- He then hastened out of the room, ignoring shouted questions.
- His vexation at this loss is said to have hastened his death.
- The privatization of JAL in the mid 1980s hastened the process.
- Advantage of treatment is to hasten the resolution of the virus.
- A second cut is made in the tail to hasten the removal of blood.
- The newly elected councillors hastened to suspend the taxes and the tolls.
- This is in the interest of avoiding conflict and hastens the writing process.
- The Russian tsar sent an envoy to meet with the French to hasten the surrender.
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