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Definitions for festinate
ˈfɛs təˌneɪt; -ˌneɪt, -nɪtfes·ti·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinateverb
act or move at high speed
"We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
Wiktionary
festinateverb
To hurry.
festinateadjective
hurried, hasty
Etymology: From festinatus
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FESTINATEadjective
Hasty; hurried. A word not in use.
Etymology: festinatus, Latin.
Advise the duke, where you are going, to a most festinate preparation: we are bound to the like. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
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festinate
To move or act with haste or urgency in an agitated or uncontrolled manner. In medical context, it refers to a series of quick, small, shuffling steps often characteristic of Parkinson's disease.
Webster Dictionary
Festinateadjective
hasty; hurried
Etymology: [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Festinate
fes′ti-nāt, v.t. to accelerate.—adj. (Shak.) hurried, hasty.—adv. Fes′tinately (Shak.), hastily.—n. Festinā′tion. [L. festinaāre, -ātum, to hurry.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of festinate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of festinate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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