hastening

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hastening

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hasten

noun hastenings

The act of speeding up; a growing faster. Miss D. had found that regular blinking, or a loud-ticking watch, or horizontal lines or marks on the ground, etc., similarly served to pace her, and to prevent the incontinent hastenings and retardations which otherwise marred her ambulation.
Similar: acceleration

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noun act of speeding up; a growing faster

Deutsch	Beschleunigen, Beschleunigung, Vorantreiben

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@misc{hastening_2026,
  title = {hastening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hastening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}