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haste

Pronunciation: /heɪst/

The English word “haste” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
  2. Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

verb

  1. To urge onward; to hasten.
  2. To move with haste.

Etymology

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst,…

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