Examples:
European administrators hastened the transition to patrilineal succession.
Have we hastened the demise of the universe just by looking at it?
Riots hastened the decline of the once-vibrant corridor.
Fred hastened down the street because he was late, once again.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4,run-51.3.2-2,rush-53.2
FrameNet: Self_motion
PropBank: hasten.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4