Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HASTE, n. [G. Sw. and Dan. hast; D. haast; Fr. hâte, for haste; Arm. hast; from hurrying, pressing, driving. See Heat.]

1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals; never to other bodies. We never say, a ball flies with haste. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi.
2. Sudden excitement of passion; quickness; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, all men are liars. Ps. cxvi.
3. The state of being urged or pressed by business; as, I am in great haste.