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hastest

hastest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of haste.

Meaning of haste

Verb

haste (third-person singular simple present hastes, present participle hasting, simple past and past participle hasted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To urge onward; to hasten.
    • Baſſ. You may doe ſo, but let it be ſo haſted that ſupper be readie at the fartheſt by fiue of the clocke.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To move with haste.
    • The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes / To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire.1594, “The Wounds of Civill War”, in A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition)

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Origin of hastest

haste + -est

Questions about hastest

What is hastest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hastest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of haste.

Words near hastest in the dictionary

  1. hastening
  2. hastenings
  3. hastens
  4. Hastert rule
  5. hastes
  6. hastest
  7. hasteth
  8. Hastheem
  9. Hastie
  10. hastier
  11. Hasties

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