HASTE, n.
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. 50Sam 21
2. Sudden excitement of passion quickness precipitance vehemence.
I said in my haste, all men are liars. Psalms 116
3. The state of being urged or pressed by business as, I am in great haste.
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