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overhasten

overhasten verb: to hasten excessively; to rush.

Verb

overhasten (third-person singular simple present overhastens, present participle overhastening, simple past and past participle overhastened)

  1. To hasten excessively; to rush

Forms of overhasten

third-person singular presentoverhastens
present participleoverhastening
past participleoverhastened
pastoverhastened

Origin of overhasten

From over- + hasten.

Questions about overhasten

What does overhasten mean?
Overhasten means to hasten excessively; to rush.
What part of speech is overhasten?
Overhasten is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhasten?
The past tense of overhasten is overhastened.

Words near overhasten in the dictionary

  1. overharvest
  2. overharvested
  3. overharvesting
  4. overharvests
  5. overhaste
  6. overhasten
  7. overhastened
  8. overhastily
  9. overhastiness
  10. overhasty
  11. overhate

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