festinate

fes·ti·nate

 (fĕs′tə-nĭt)

adj.

Hasty.

intr.v. (-nāt′) fes·ti·nat·ed, fes·ti·nat·ing, fes·ti·nates

To hasten.

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[Latin festinātus, past participle of festināre, to hasten.]

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fes′ti·nate·ly adv.

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festinate

(ˈfɛstɪˌneɪt)

vb (intr)

to hurry, hasten

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fes•ti•nate

(v. ˈfɛs təˌneɪt; adj. -ˌneɪt, -nɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,
adj. v.t., v.i.

1. to hurry; hasten.

adj.

2. hurried; hasty.

[1595–1605; < Latin festināre to hurry; see -ate¹]

fes′ti•nate`ly, adv.

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festinate

, festination - If something is hasty or hurried, it is festinate, and to festinate is to walk fast, make haste; festination is "haste, speed."

See also related terms for hasty.

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

festinate - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" hasten, look sharp, hurry, rush act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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festinate

verb

To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot, rip.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

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