Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hastening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hasten \Has"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hastened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hastening}.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to
hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hastening
adj : proceeding quickly or in haste; "to hastening ills a prey"-
Oliver Goldsmith
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