festinate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin festīnātus

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA: /ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA: /ˈfɛstɪnət/
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[edit] Verb

festinate (third-person singular simple present festinates, present participle festinating, simple past and past participle festinated)

  1. (obsolete) To hurry.

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[edit] Adjective

festinate (comparative more festinate, superlative most festinate)

  1. (obsolete) hurried, hasty
    • 1605: Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vii

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

festīnāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of festīnō
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