Haste \Haste\ (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G.,
   Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of
   German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a
   earlier sense of, to pursue. See Hate.]
   1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch;
      expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men
      and other animals.
      [1913 Webster]

            The king's business required haste.   --1 Sam. xxi.
                                                  8.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry;
      urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion;
      precipitance; vehemence.
      [1913 Webster]

            I said in my haste, All men are liars. --Ps. cxvi.
                                                  11.
      [1913 Webster]

   To make haste, to hasten.

   Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition;
        dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.

   Usage: Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes
          quickness of action and a strong desire for getting
          on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected
          thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual
          progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and
          rapidity with which things are done. A man may
          properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed
          usually secures dispatch.
          [1913 Webster]