different between resuscitate vs hasten

English

Etymology

From Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitare (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citare (“to summon, rouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?s??te?t/

Verb

resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)

1. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

   to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants

2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Synonyms

• (to regain consciousness): come to

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)

Further reading

• resuscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resuscitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resuscitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

resuscitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of resuscitare
2. second-person plural imperative of resuscitare
3. feminine plural of resuscitato

Latin

Verb

resuscit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscit?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?.s?n/
• Rhymes: -e?s?n

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Hamlet:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Synonyms

• (move in a quick fashion): dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
• (speed up): accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier): hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

Anagrams

• Athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /(?)as?.ten/

Verb

hasten

1. Present participle of hasi.

Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. definite singular of hast

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hastn?]
• Hyphenation: has?ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (weak, third-person singular present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

Conjugation

Synonyms

• eilen
• rennen
• stürmen

Antonyms

• trödeln
• trotten

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Duden online

Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast