festinate
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fes·ti·nate
(fĕs'tə-nĭt) 
adj.
Hasty.
intr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. (-nāt')
To hasten.
adj.
Hasty.
intr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. (-nāt')
To hasten.
[Latin festinātus, past participle of festināre, to hasten.]
festinately fes'ti·nate·ly adv.Roget's Thesaurus:
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festinate
verb
- To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.
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