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act at high speed“We have to rush!”“hurry — it's late!”Synonyms: rush hasten hurry look sharpMore general act, move

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Fes′ti·nate adjective

Origin: L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten.

Hasty; hurried. obsolete — Fes′wb-a1′>′ti·nate·ly, adverb obsolete William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54