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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FES'TINATE, a. [L. festino, festinatus.] Hasty; hurried. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-nated; -nating) Date: 1596 hasten II. adjective Etymology: Latin festinatus, past participle of festinare to hasten; perhaps akin to Middle Irish bras forceful, Welsh brys haste Date: 1605 hasty <a most festinate preparation — Shakespeare> • festinately adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Festinate Fes"ti*nate, a. [L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Shak.