Pronunciation: /ˈheɪs(ə)n/
verb
[no object, with infinitive]-
be quick to do something: he hastened to refute the assertion
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[with adverbial of direction] move or travel hurriedly: we hastened back to Paris
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[with object] cause (something, especially something undesirable) to happen sooner than it otherwise would: this tragedy probably hastened his own death from heart disease
