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FESTINATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they festinate ... he / she / it festinates
Past simple: festinated
-ing form: festinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
hurry--it's late!
Synonyms:
festinate; hasten; hurry; look sharp; rush
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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))