festinare

festinare [CL] 1 (intr.) to hasten, approach quickly; b (w. dat.); c (w. prep.); d (w. abstr. subj.). [hostes] adsumta alacritate ~ant Bede HE I 20; incursantibus, ~antibus GlC I 69.  b regis Eleuterio festinat epistola pape Garl. Tri. Eccl. 72; ~avit Androgeus Julio genua ejus curvando Eul. Hist. II 255.  c ad portum coenubialis vitae ~antes Aldh. VirgP 10; ad ea quae sequuntur ~emus V. Greg. p. 77; ad me ocius ~ans Bede HE V 12; commodiori tramite versus eas totis nisibus ~ant Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 37.  d c803 ~abit et non tardabit dies amara Alcuin Ep. 311; timorem ~antis mortis abicientes Anselm (Ep. 2) III 100; tunc infortunium albi [draconis] ~abit (Proph. Merlini) G. Mon. VII 3 p. 386; [in autumpno] mundus comparatur femine plene etatis ‥, quasi si recesserit ab ea juventus et ~at senectus Bacon V 79. 2 to be in a hurry (to go). b to be hasty. 1093 non respondi, quia ‥ litterae ‥ portitor ‥ multum ~avit Anselm (Ep. 165) IV 40; nuntius vester ita ~abat ut in aliud tempus hoc differre non possum Id. Misc. 321; Gir. Hug. I 6 (v. festivare 2).  b licet ‥ a quibusdam ~antibus alio sint ordine transcripti Anselm (Ver. pref.) I 174; cum unus ‥ ipsum in hoc responso nimis ~asse diceret ‘~o ‥ quia ~are compellor’ Chr. Battle f. 113v. 3 to be eager, unable to wait (for). humanam suggestionem praecipitanter ad nequitiam ~antem Gildas EB 75; ardentes, ~antes GlC A 739; flagrantes, ~antes, ardentes Ib. F 226; ferventibus, i. ~antibus GlH F 213; negotiatorum ‥ intentionem ‥ desiderio ad lucra ~antem Alb. Lond. DG 9. 4. 4 to hasten, act promptly (to): a (w. inf.); b (w. ad & gdv.). a cum ‥ [senatus] vulpeculas, ut fingebat, ulcisci ~aret ‥ Gildas EB 6; multi viri ‥ frequentari ‥ scientiae hominem ~abant Theod. Pen. pref.; protinus e strato festina surgere, miles Aldh. VirgV 1278; ad ea ‥ sese transferre ~abant Bede HE III 25 p. 189; 799 ~a rescribere mihi Alcuin Ep. 165; quod ‥ implere ~abant Asser Alf. 106; pergere festinat maturo tramite Uuentam Wulf. Swith. I 215; quis ab eo benedici non ~abat? Dominic V. Ecgwini I 7; multi ‥ ~ant baptizari et ‥ minime ~ant justificari Alex. Cant. Dicta 14 p. 164; ~avit quisque armare se G. Mon. IX 4.  b ad patrandum homicidium ‥ ~ant Bede Prov. 941; usque oppidum Lociveris obsidendum accursu celeri ~abat Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 61. 5 (trans.) to hasten toward, approach. hic milites ~averunt Hestinga Tap. Bayeux 47; tentoriis que ‥ ascensu decenti concrescunt in aera, ‥ sinus ~are videbantur aethereos Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 75. 6 to make (person or animal) hurry up; b (refl.). transmisit ‥ indiculos qui me ad eum equitare ~arent Asser Alf. 79; ~abat Judeus mulam Bacon V 145.  b 1313 nituntur, et ‥ se ~ant ad destruendum ‥ regnum Conc. II 426a; Cassibalan ‥ erga Romanos se [v. l. omits] ~avit Eul. Hist. II 254 (cf. G. Mon. IV 9: inperatori obviari ~avit). 7 to speed up, expedite (business, procedure, or sim.). b to bring forward, advance in time. c (pr. or p. ppl.) swift, speedy, early. laborem tuum ad finem ~are ‥ consideras Anselm (Ep. 2) III 101; 1167 G. W. r. c. de xxx s. pro ~ando recto terre sue Pipe 20; uxor F. de M. r. c. de c li. pro recto suo ~ando de terra quam clamat versus Adam Ib..  b novem sunt que ~are [ME: hiзe] debent confessionem AncrR 125.  c hortabatur Britones ad insequendum, ~atum promittens triumphum G. Mon. IV 13 (cf. M. Par. Maj. I 99: festinum); universus opidi populus ‥ ~antissimum incurrebat exilium Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 79; num ~atus ortus ejus prejudicare poterit juri alterius ‥? Fortescue NLN II 10. 8 (pr. ppl. as sb., mus.) musical note, short note as part of phrase of short notes. tertius [modus] irregularis est, ‥ una longa nimia et tres mediocres, ut predictum est, et tres ~antes salva ultima, que dicitur mediocris vel nimia, et sic tres mediocres et tres ~antes etc. Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 85; quartus [modus] irregularis sic: tres ~antes, ut predictum est, quamvis ultima nimia, et tres ~antes simili modo, et sic procedendo Ib.. 9 (p. ppl. abl. as adv.) speedily. a960 eo ~atius proficisci adgrediamur quo ‥ CS 936; mandat ut per fugam reddat, quod nisi ~ato faciat, bello se eum pulsurum R. Niger Chr. II 147; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 245 (v. festinatim); inde jam ~ato in Angliam tendens, ad Belensem ‥ devenit urbem Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 14.