festinate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin festīnātus; festina lente (make haste slowly)
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
- (obsolete) To hurry.
Translations
to hurry
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Adjective
festinate (comparative more festinate, superlative most festinate)
- (obsolete) Hurried, hasty.
- c. 1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear Act III, Scene 7,[1]
- Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation.
- c. 1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear Act III, Scene 7,[1]
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) festīnāte