{ Has"tate (hs"tt), Has"ta*ted(- t*td), } 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.
Haste (hst), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries.
hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h‚te (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.
The king's business required haste.