festinate

[verb fes-tuh-neyt; adjective fes-tuh-neyt, -nit]

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verb (used with or without object), fes·ti·nat·ed, fes·ti·nat·ing.

to hurry; hasten.

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adjective

hurried.

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Origin of festinate

1595–1605; < Latin festīnātus hurried, past participle of festināre; see -ate¹

Related formsfes·ti·nate·ly, adverb

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