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Webster 1913 Edition
Festinate
Fes′ti-nate
,Adj.
[L.
festinatus
, p. p. of festinare
to hasten.] Hasty; hurried.
[Obs.]
– Fes′ti-nate-ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Festinate
FES'TINATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
festinate
festinate
English
Verb
festinate (third-person singular simple present festinates, present participle festinating, simple past and past participle festinated)
- (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
- 1605: Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vii