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English Dictionary: hieß jdn. etw. tun by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hie
v
  1. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
    Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
    Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hie \Hie\, n.
      Haste; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hie \Hie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hying}.]
      [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf.
      L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. [?] to go,
      E. cite.]
      To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal
      pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] [bd]My husband hies him
      home.[b8] --Shak.
  
               The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
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