Hasten v. t. : To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

Hasten v. i. : To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

Example:
place a broken pottery in the pot in order to Hasten the softening of meat?

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Defination from the web:
hasten from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... intransitive verb : to move or act quicklytransitive verb 1 : to urge on <hastened her to the door — A. J. Cronin> ...