hasten
haste + -en
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verb no object, with infinitive
be quick to do something:
〖～ to do〗 急いで…する
e.g. he hastened to refute the assertion.
with adverbial of direction move or travel hurriedly:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖～＋副詞〗 〈人が〉急ぐ, 急いで行く (!〖副詞〗は方向の表現; hurryよりかたい語)
e.g. we hastened back to Paris.
with object cause (something) to happen sooner than it otherwise would:
〈人･物･事が〉〈人〉を急がせる, せきたてる; 〈事〉の速度を速める, 時期を早める(↔ delay)
e.g. a move that could hasten peace talks.
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: extended form of haste, on the pattern of verbs in -en1.