hastened; hastening
ˈhā-sᵊn-iŋ 
ˈhās-niŋ
: to move or act quickly
She hastened up the stairs.
1
: to encourage to move or act quickly : to urge on
hastened her to the door—
A. J. Cronin
A. J. Cronin2
: to cause to happen more quickly : accelerate
His death was hastened by alcoholism.
hasten the coming of a new order—D. W. Brogan
D. W. BroganExamples of hasten in a Sentence
His death was hastened by alcohol abuse.
hasten the activation of yeast with heat
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Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
This can hasten growth and place unnecessary burdens on other key business functions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
But its decline was hastened by the hundreds of local organizations that protested coal projects, filed lawsuits against regulators and pushed financial institutions to disinvest from the sector.
—Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration tried to hasten the process by issuing a bullet-point list of five options in late November and a longer version in mid-January, while state-level talks have continued in parallel.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hasten
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“Hasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hasten. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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