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Another word for hasten

Verb

  1. To make haste

    2. See also:

    speed

    run

    race

    Antonyms:

  2. To expedite

    3. See also:

    speed

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • I have just returned from my benefactor, and hasten to write down what I have experienced.

  • When he had left for the front, the emperor proceeded with Grouchy to reconnoitre the Prussian position at Gilly; and handing over the command of the right wing to the marshal, whom he ordered to capture Gilly, Napoleon returned to Charleroi, to hasten the passage of the French army across the Sambre and mass it in the gap between the allies.

  • The art of printing had been invented in good time to help and hasten the new movement of men's minds.

  • The art of printing had been invented in good time to help and hasten the new movement of men's minds.

  • One after another they hasten to display their insignificance before him.

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