"hasten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪs.ən/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-hasten.ogg [US] Forms: hasten [canonical], hastens [third-person, singular], hastened [past], hastened [past, participle], hastening [present, participle]
Etymology: haste + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|haste|en}} haste + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you hasten to do something, you try to do it very soon and very quickly. Synonyms: hurry
    Sense id: simple-hasten-en-verb-bYvsprSg
  2. If you hasten an event, you try to make it happen very soon and very quickly.
    Sense id: simple-hasten-en-verb-LTqUjf4Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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