festinate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
2. (intransitive) To hurry, make haste.
3. (transitive) To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone).

Adj

Hurried, hasty.

Sinonieme

hasten

look sharp

rush

hurry

precipitate

precipitous

rash

abrupt

kludgy

hasty

hurried

in a hurry

Vertalings

acele

fait à la hâte

correre

überstürzt

se dépêcher

affrettato

fluchtartig

eilig

precipitat

übereilt

irréfléchi

précipité

se hâter

hastig

hâtif

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1556; Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, perfect passive participle of festīnō (“to hurry”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).