"festinate" meaning in English

See festinate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛstɪnət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-festinate2.wav Forms: more festinate [comparative], most festinate [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1556; Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, perfect passive participle of festīnō (“to hurry”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1556}} First attested in 1556, {{bor+|en|la|festīnātus}} Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} festinate (comparative more festinate, superlative most festinate)
  1. (obsolete) Hurried, hasty. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: festinately
    Sense id: en-festinate-en-adj-SJUWzcU1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/ Audio: en-us-festinate.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-festinate.wav Forms: festinates [present, singular, third-person], festinating [participle, present], festinated [participle, past], festinated [past]
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  1. (medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
    Sense id: en-festinate-en-verb-fybFHMIw Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (intransitive) To hurry, make haste. Tags: intransitive Translations (to hurry): вјаса (vjasa) (Macedonian), ита (ita) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-festinate-en-verb-MZPKLy3O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 12 72 10 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 13 11 68 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 20 20 44 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 20 16 53 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 7 84 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 12 74 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 12 80 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 8 75 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 12 63 10 Disambiguation of 'to hurry': 2 65 33
  3. (transitive) To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-festinate-en-verb-ca~BipdH

Inflected forms

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          "Hurried",
          "hurried"
        ],
        [
          "hasty",
          "hasty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Hurried, hasty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛstɪnət/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "festinate"
}

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