festinate

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/
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/ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/ · /ˈfɛstɪnət/

Definition of festinate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
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verb

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

adj

  1. (obsolete)Hurried, hasty.
    “Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation.”

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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).

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