Hastati

[Lat., from hasta, a spear.] ( Rom. Hist.) One of the three grand divisions of the Roman infantry, so called because they were armed with spears. It consisted of young men in the flower of life, who were always drawn up in the first line of battle. The other two divisions were called principes and trriarii, to which was added another, called volites, or light troops. Haste, ( hast ,) n. [Ger., Swed., and Dan. hast ; Fr. hate ; O. Fr. haste ; A.S. efst ; probably allied to Lat. festino, to make haste, from fero , to bear, to carry.] Čelerity of motion; speed; quickne ; swiftne ; dispatch; expedition; -applied to the voluntary movements of men and animals "And there was mounting in hot haste ."-Byron. -Hurry; sudden excitement of pa ion; vehemence; precipitance; precipitation; rashne . "Married in haste , we may repent at leisure."-Congreve. Haste, Hasten, ( hās'n ,) v. a. [0. Ger. hasten ; Swed. hasta; A.S. efstian.] To pre ; to push on; to drive, urge, or impel forward; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to quicken; to hurry. "To save us now, you must our ruin kaste" Dryden. "The sprightly court Leave their repose, and hasten to the sport."-Prior. Hastener, ( has'n -ér,) One who hastens, or drives Earl of Moira, B. 1754, distinguished as a British officer in the American war, in Holland, and the East Indies, and as governor-general of India from 1812 to 1822, and governor of Malta, 1824. D. 1826.