Haste

n.	1.	Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; - applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. - 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
	2.	The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, All men are liars. - Ps. cxvi. 11. To make haste to hasten.
v. t. & i.	1.	To hasten; to hurry. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] I 'll haste the writer. - Shak. They were troubled and hasted away. - Ps. xlviii. 5.

Noun	1.	haste - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" Synonyms: hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
	2.	haste - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Synonyms: rush, rushing, hurry
	3.	haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" Synonyms: hurry

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