"hasten" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "haste + -en",
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      "form": "hastened",
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  "hyphenation": "has‧ten",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After the play ended, she hastened to leave."
        }
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        "If you hasten to do something, you try to do it very soon and very quickly."
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          "word": "hurry"
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          "text": "We've known for a long time that loneliness hastens death, but haven't been able to explain how."
        }
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        "If you hasten an event, you try to make it happen very soon and very quickly."
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  "word": "hasten"
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      "form": "hastened",
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    {
      "form": "hastening",
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        {
          "text": "After the play ended, she hastened to leave."
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        "If you hasten to do something, you try to do it very soon and very quickly."
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