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.
festinate
Dictionary:
fes·ti·nate (fĕs'tə-nĭt)  |
adj.
Hasty.
intr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. (-nāt')
To hasten.
Hasty.
intr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. (-nāt')
To hasten.
| Thesaurus: 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.
| Obscure Words: festinate |
| WordNet: festinate |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
act or move at high speed
Synonyms: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp
Learn More
 | Latin grammar |
| List of compositions by Antonio Salieri |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Obscure Words. © 2008 by Michael A. Fischer http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd. Read more |
 |
| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
