to festinate
- verb
- /ˈfɛstəˌneɪt/
- Archaic
- When the weather turned bad, the hikers began to festinate toward the shelter.
Examples
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She had to festinate to catch the last train home.
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To avoid being late for the meeting, she had to festinate to the office this morning.
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The doctor advised the patient not to festinate despite his anxiety.
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We should festinate if we want to catch the train.
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Don't festinate too much; we have time.
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When the rain started falling heavily, we needed to festinate to reach the car before we got soaked.
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He realized he had forgotten his keys and had to festinate back to the house to retrieve them.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move or act quickly because there is little time
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1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
512
6.7
To hurry so you do something faster, often to avoid being late
7
3.9
Move quickly to do something
6
5.3
To move quickly and be ready
1
2.7
To move quickly in one direction
1
8.2
To move quickly with short, hurried steps when you feel nervous
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
festinate = festin + ate
Although the verb can be segmented as the Latin combining form 'festin-' + the verb-forming suffix '-ate', the root 'festin' is not a recognizable modern English word, so an average B1 learner cannot derive 'to hurry' from its parts.
Etymology
The word festinate comes from the Latin festinare, which means 'to hurry'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the word fast, because both mean moving quickly, so to festinate is to hurry or act quickly.