1. (verb)rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate act or move at highspeed "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
2. (verb)rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it movefast "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
3. (verb)expedite, hasten speed up the progress of; facilitate "This should expedite the process"
4. (verb)induce, stimulate, rush, hasten cause to occur rapidly "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
Definition of 'hasten'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)hasten to press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry
2. (verb)hasten to move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly
Definitions of hasten 
Afrikaans: haas, gou maak
Arabic: يُسَرِّع
Bulgarian: забързвам
Brazilian: apressar(-se)
Czech: pospíchat; uspíšit
German: eilen, beschleunigen
Danish: skynde sig; fremskynde
Greek: (επι)σπεύδω
Spanish: apresurarse, darse prisa,
Estonian: kiirustama
Farsi: شتاب كردن
Finnish: kiirehtiä
French: (se) hâter
Hebrew: לְמַהֵר
Hindi: और तीव्रता से चलना
Croatian: požuriti, ubrzati
Hungarian: siettet
Indonesian: mempercepat
Icelandic: flÿta
Italian: affrettare, affrettarsi
Japanese: 急ぐ
Korean: 급히 가다
Lithuanian: skubėti, paskubinti
Latvian: steigties; []steidzināt; 
Malay: bergegas
Dutch: haasten
Norwegian: skynde seg; fram-/påskynd
Polish: śpieszyć się, przyśpiesza
Persian: شتاب كردن
Pashto: چټكول ، ګړندىكول ، تسريع 
Portuguese: apressar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) grăbi
Russian: торопить(ся)
Slovak: ponáhľať sa; urýchliť
Slovenian: pohiteti, pospešiti
Serbian: ubrzati
Swedish: skynda, ila, påskynda
Thai: รีบเร่ง
Turkish: acele etmek
Taiwanese: (使)快速移動
Ukrainian: прискорювати
Urdu: جلدی کرنا
Vietnamese: vội vã
Chinese: 加速
