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English Dictionary: Haste	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haste n overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" Synonym(s): haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Synonym(s): haste, hurry, rush, rushing a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" Synonym(s): hurry, haste
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haste \Haste\, n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[83]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See {Hate}.] 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. Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. Usage: {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haste \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[83]ter. See {Haste}, n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic] I 'll haste the writer. --Shak. They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii. 5.