Haste
Haste (hāst) , noun
[Old English hast; akin to Dutch haast, German, Danish, Swedish, & OFries. hast, compare Old French haste, French hâte (of German origin); all perh. from the root of English 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.
The king's business required haste.
2.
The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Collocations (1)
To make haste , to hasten.
Haste , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Old English hasten; akin to German hasten, Dutch haasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta, Old French haster, French hâter. See Haste, n.]
To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
I 'll haste the writer.
They were troubled and hasted away.