Definitions

festinate

[fes-tuh-neyt, fes-tuh-neyt, -nit] / ˈfɛs təˌneɪt, ˈfɛs təˌneɪt, -nɪt /

VERB

rush

Synonyms

STRONG

barrel bolt bustle dart dash flash fly hasten hurry hustle quicken race run sail scoot scramble scurry shoot speed sprint tear whisk whiz zip zoom

WEAK

get a move on get cracking go like lightning go like the wind haste make haste make time run like the wind shake a leg

Antonyms

STRONG

dally dawdle decelerate delay halt procrastinate rest slow stay wait walk

Example Sentences

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Went to the Saloon, but it immediately adjourned, on the motion of Mr. Theodore Stuke, to enable the Lady Members to festinate to the Congress.

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OTT: Gentlemen, my princess says you shall have all her silver dishes, festinate: and she's gone to alter her tire a little, and go with you— CLER: And yourself too, captain Otter?

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Aduice the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation: we are bound to the like.

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Advise the duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation: we are bound to the like.

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