FESTINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does festinate mean? 

• FESTINATE (verb)
  The verb FESTINATE has 1 sense:

1. act or move at high speed

  Familiarity information: FESTINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FESTINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they festinate    ... he / she / it festinates   
Past simple: festinated   
Past participle: festinated   
-ing form: festinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act or move at high speed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

festinate; hasten; hurry; look sharp; rush

Context example:

hurry--it's late!

Hypernyms (to "festinate" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

festination (involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease))