Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hasten
Participle: hastened
Gerund: hastening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | hasten |
| you | hasten |
| he;she;it | hastens |
| we | hasten |
| you | hasten |
| they | hasten |
Perfect
| I | have hastened |
| you | have hastened |
| he;she;it | has hastened |
| we | have hastened |
| you | have hastened |
| they | have hastened |
Past
| I | hastened |
| you | hastened |
| he;she;it | hastened |
| we | hastened |
| you | hastened |
| they | hastened |
Pluperfect
| I | had hastened |
| you | had hastened |
| he;she;it | had hastened |
| we | had hastened |
| you | had hastened |
| they | had hastened |
Future
| I | will hasten |
| you | will hasten |
| he;she;it | will hasten |
| we | will hasten |
| you | will hasten |
| they | will hasten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hastened |
| you | will have hastened |
| he;she;it | will have hastened |
| we | will have hastened |
| you | will have hastened |
| they | will have hastened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hasten |
| you | hasten |
| he;she;it | hasten |
| we | hasten |
| you | hasten |
| they | hasten |
Perfect
| I | have hastened |
| you | have hastened |
| he;she;it | have hastened |
| we | have hastened |
| you | have hastened |
| they | have hastened |
Imperfect
| I | hastened |
| you | hastened |
| he;she;it | hastened |
| we | hastened |
| you | hastened |
| they | hastened |
Pluperfect
| I | had hastened |
| you | had hastened |
| he;she;it | had hastened |
| we | had hastened |
| you | had hastened |
| they | had hastened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hasten |
| you | would hasten |
| he;she;it | would hasten |
| we | would hasten |
| you | would hasten |
| they | would hasten |
Perfect
| I | would have hastened |
| you | would have hastened |
| he;she;it | would have hastened |
| we | would have hastened |
| you | would have hastened |
| they | would have hastened |
Imperative
| you | hasten |
| we | Let's hasten |
| you | hasten |
Verbs conjugated like 'hasten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hasten'
chasten,
fasten,
harten,
haste,
vasten,
wasten,
ashen,
astun,
basen,
baste,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- move in a quick fashion
- move quickly
- speed up
- speed up
- cause a scheduled event to happen earlier
- rush
- hurry
- make haste, rush
- rush
- accelerate, dispatch, sprint, expedite, scurry, hurry, dash, press
Antonyms
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- advance, antedate, bring forward, expedite, prepone, rush, speed up, take action, procrastinate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).
Sample Sentences
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‘At this time, I was so fortunate as to hear of the child, and immediately hastened to Hanover to see her. I found her with a well-formed figure; a strongly-marked, nervous-sanguine temperament; a large and beautifully-shaped head; and the whole system in healthy action. The [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Haley hastened out. Standing by the bar, in the corner of the room, was a brawny, muscular man, full six feet in height, and broad in proportion. He was dressed in a coat of buffalo-skin, made with the hair [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] still tight shut, however; the same cold cheerless air prevailed: and the building looked as if the marble statue of Don Guzman could alone have any business to transact within its gloomy walls. I hastened to inquire its name and purpose, and then my surprise vanished. It was the Tomb of many fortunes; the Great Catacomb of investment; the memorable United States Bank.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Eva and Tom hastened in. Miss Ophelia was old, and skilled in the tactics of nursing. She was from New England, and knew well the first guileful footsteps of that soft, insidious disease, which sweeps away so many of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Miss Ophelia hastened into the room, and tried to raise and silence her; but in vain.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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He hastened to undo it; and, with smothered voices and heavy tread, came several men, bringing a body, wrapped in a cloak, and lying on a shutter. The light of the lamp fell full on the face; and Tom gave a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] for firmer than the ground he trod on was his strong faith in Almighty, eternal love. Ah, Legree, try all your forces now ! Utmost agony, woe, degradation, want, and loss of all things, shall only hasten on the process by which he shall be made a king and a priest unto God !
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)