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Haste

//heɪst// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
Noun
  1. 1
    Speed; swiftness; dispatch. uncountable, usually

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

  2. 2
    the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner wordnet
  3. 3
    Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "I said in my haste, All men are liars."

  4. 4
    overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) wordnet
  5. 5
    a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To urge onward; to hasten. archaic, transitive

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

  2. 2
    To move with haste. archaic, intransitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

Etymology 2

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 heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

Etymology 3

Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).

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