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Word entry · 6 letters

hasten

Best crossword clue

"Move or act quickly"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈheɪ.sn̩/Part of speech verbSorted aehnstStarts with HEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2A3S4T5E6N

Definitions

  1. To move or act more quickly.

Word origin

Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
  • Hamlet: Bid the players make haste. Will you two help to hasten them?
  • A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war.

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