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Festinate

//ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hurried, hasty. obsolete

    "Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation."

Verb
  1. 1
    To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
  2. 2
    act at high speed wordnet
  3. 3
    To hurry, make haste. intransitive
  4. 4
    To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone). transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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).

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