Ps. cxvi. 11.
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.
Haste, 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. h‚ter. See Haste, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]