hastened

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

   Synonyms:

   dart

2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 55:8

   Synonyms:

   accelerate

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
   • The decision to hasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between...1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 96

   Synonyms:

   hurry

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