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Answer : HASTEN
hasten, haste, hastens, hastened, hastening, hye – v
to hurry
SYNONYMS
accelerate, bundle, fast-track, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up), whisk
IN A SENTENCE
hasten the activation of yeast with heat
its higher elevation was once said to hasten patient recoveries.
She hastened up the stairs.
Studies have found the anti-viral to hasten recovery in some patients
ETYMOLOGY
[haste] late 13c., from Old French haster “hurry, make haste; urge, hurry along” (Modern French hâter), from haste “haste, urgency” (see haste). Now largely superseded by hasten (1560s). Related: Hasted; hasting.
[hasten] 1560s, transitive and intransitive, extended form of haste (v.) with -en (1). Related: Hastened; hastening.
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