make haste

English

Verb

make haste (third-person singular simple present makes haste, present participle making haste, simple past and past participle made haste)

1. (intransitive, dated) To hurry or hasten.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Since I have your good leave to go away,
     I will make haste: but, till I come again,
     No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay,
     Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Bid the players make haste.
     Will you two help to hasten them?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• make haste slowly

Translations

to rush

• Bulgarian: бързам (bg) (bǎrzam)
• Finnish: kiiruhtaa (fi)
• French: faire diligence (fr)
• Ingrian: kiirehtiä
• Italian: affrettarsi (it), sbrigarsi
• Japanese: 急ぐ (ja) (いそぐ, isogu)
• Latin: festīnō
• Maori: āhiki
• Spanish: darse prisa (es)