hie

[Hie]

To hie is to move in a hurried or hasty way. It's the kind of word you are more likely hear in a Shakespeare play, like when a character demands, "Hie thee hither!"

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To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

Verb
step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"


v. i.
To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

n.
Haste; diligence.


Hie

Hie , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.] [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. to go, E. cite.] To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.

Hie

Hie, n. Haste; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

Haste; diligence.

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Misspelled Form

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