Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HUR'RY, v.t. [This word is evidently from the root of L. curro; Fr. courir; Sw. köra; W. gyru, to drive, impel, thrust, run, ride, press forward. See Ar. جَرَي jarai, and كَارَ kaura, to go round, to hasten. Class Gr. No. 7, 32, 36.]

1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward with more rapidity; to urge to act or proceed with more celerity; as, to hurry the workmen or the work. Our business hurries us. The weather is hot and the load heavy; we can not safely hurry the horses.
2. To drive or impel with violence. Impetuous lust hurries him on to satisfy the cravings of it. South.
3. To urge or drive with precipitation and confusion; for confusion is often caused by hurry. And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. Shak. To hurry away, to drive or carry away in haste.