Sekirov Dictionary

haste

/heɪst/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 1

noun2

•
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
- We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.
•
(no longer used) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
- I said in my haste, All men are liars. — 1611

verb2

•
(no longer used) To urge onward; to hasten.
- Bass. You may doe so, but let it be so hasted that supper be readie at the farthest by fiue of the clocke. — 1596
•
(no longer used) To move with haste.
- The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes / To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire. — 1594

forms

hasted · hasting · hastes · hasteth · hastest

Phrases with haste

make haste slowly
To do things in a deliberate manner to reduce mistakes.

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