haste

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

   In my haste to leave, I forgot a book.

2. 2
   noun

   overly eager speed and possible carelessness

   We soon regretted our haste.

3. 3
   noun

   Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

   We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.

4. 4
   noun

   Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

   I said in my haste, All men are liars.

5. 5
   verb

   To urge onward; to hasten.

   Baſſ. You may doe ſo, but let it be ſo haſted that ſupper be readie at the fartheſt by fiue of the clocke.

6. 6
   verb

   To move with haste.

   The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes / To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire.

7. 7
   noun

   a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

8. 8
   name

   A surname from Old French.

Etymology

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German hef…