Festinate
/ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
- 2 act at high speed wordnet
- 3 To hurry, make haste. intransitive
- 4 To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone). transitive
Adjective
- 1 Hurried, hasty. obsolete
"Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation."
Etymology
First attested in 1556; Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, perfect passive participle of festīnō (“to hurry”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).