festinate
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Definition of festinate
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
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verb
- To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
- (intransitive)To hurry, make haste.
- (transitive)To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone).
adj
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(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).
Words you can make from festinate
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9 words6-letter words
25 words- FAINTS 9 pts
- FASTEN 9 pts
- FATTEN 9 pts
- FEINTS 9 pts
- FIESTA 9 pts
- FINEST 9 pts
- INFEST 9 pts
- ENATES 6 pts
- ESTATE 6 pts
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- TESTAE 6 pts
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5-letter words
58 words- FAINT 8 pts
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4-letter words
82 words- EFTS 7 pts
- FAIN 7 pts
- FANE 7 pts
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- AINS 4 pts
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- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
3-letter words
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