HASTE, noun 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals; never to other bodies. We never say, a ball flies with haste The king's business required haste l Sam.21. 2. Sudden excitement of passion; quickness; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste all men are liars. Psalms 116:11. 3. The state of being urged or pressed by business; as, I am in great haste HASTE
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