hasten

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).

verb

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
   The decision to hasten completion of the electrification of London Midland Region main lines from Euston to the north and the subsequent diversion of some traffic to the Western Region in order to allow the engineers fuller track occupation, have focused attention on the two main routes between London, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 96
   […]and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity. 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 7