3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haste \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. h[^a]ter. See {Haste},
n.]
To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
I 'll haste the writer. --Shak.
They were troubled and hasted away --Ps. xlviii.
5.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haste \Haste\, n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., &
OFries hast, cf OF haste, F. h[^a]te (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.
Usage: {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
haste
n 1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon
regretted his haste" [syn: {hastiness}, {hurry}, {hurriedness}]
2: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in
his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: {hurry}, {rush},
{rushing}]
3: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a
hurry to lock the door" [syn: {hurry}]
more about haste
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
