Haste , v. t. &
i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hasting.]
[OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw.
hasta, OF. haster, F.
hâter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
I 'll haste
the writer.
Shak. They were troubled and hasted away.
Ps. xlviii. 5.
Haste (hāst), n. [OE. hast; akin to D.
haast, G., Dan., Sw., &
OFries. hast, cf. OF.
haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a
earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; --
applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other
animals.
The king's business required haste.
1 Sam.
xxi. 8. 2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or
passion; precipitance; vehemence.
I said in my haste, All men are
liars.
Ps. cxvi. 11. To
make haste, to hasten.
Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness;
swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch.
Haste denotes quickness of action and a
strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in
a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
Hear it pronounced