hast

{ } a. [ L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. Gad, n. ] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate. ] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make haste, to hasten.

Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting. ] [ OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. hâter. See Haste, n. ] To hasten; to hurry. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll haste the writer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hastened p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening ] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who hastens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. See Hastive. ] Hasty. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- Has"tif*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. hasta a spear. ] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]