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What does hasten mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hasten? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To move in a quick fashion.
  2. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
  3. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
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Experts explained that overcrowded high-rises and overusage of underground space hasten the speed of subsidence.
I hasten to add, however, that this approach is preferable to the long-windedness exhibited by too many big budget productions.
Perhaps if the politicians talked about race as if it was already an irrelevance it would hasten the day when it is.
Finally, salbutamol pretreatment might hasten lidocaine absorption and increase peak lidocaine plasma concentrations toward the toxic threshold.
Creams or ointments containing aloe vera or propolis have been found to help reduce the discomfort of cold sores and hasten their healing.
This is not, we hasten to say, because the film is deliberately cold and self-referential in a postmodern fashion.

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