Festinate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Festinate is a verb meaning (medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
Meaning
(medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To hurry, make haste.
- (transitive) To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone).
- (obsolete) Hurried, hasty.
Example Sentences
Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation.
Word Forms
- festinates
- festinating
- festinated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include accelerate, velocitize, fibrillate, beguile, flare, speedy.
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