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hasten

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hasten/ˈheɪsn/

▶verb

1 be quick to do something; move quickly.

2 cause to happen sooner than anticipated.

'hasten' also found in these Oxford entries:

accelerate - crowd - haste - helter-skelter - pike - skid

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