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festinate

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fes⋅ti⋅nate

  [v. fes-tuh-neyt; adj. fes-tuh-neyt, -nit] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing, adjective
Use festinate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to hurry; hasten.
–adjective
2. hurried.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L festīnātus hurried, ptp. of festināre; see -ate 1

Related forms:
fes⋅ti⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
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fes·ti·nate   (fěs'tə-nĭt)   
adj.  Hasty.
intr.v.   (-nāt') fes·ti·nat·ed, fes·ti·nat·ing, fes·ti·nates
To hasten.

[Latin festinātus, past participle of festināre, to hasten.]
fes'ti·nate·ly adv.
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