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Precipitate 1

Definition: Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

Precipitate 2

Definition: Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.

Precipitate 3

Definition: Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.

Precipitate 4

Definition: Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.

Precipitate 5

Definition: An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.

Precipitate 6

Definition: To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.

Precipitate 7

Definition: To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict.

Precipitate 8

Definition: To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.

Precipitate 9

Definition: To dash or fall headlong.

Precipitate 10

Definition: To hasten without preparation.

Precipitate 11

Definition: To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.

precipitate 12

Definition: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

precipitate 13

Definition: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

precipitate 14

Definition: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

precipitate 15

Definition: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia''s revolution"

precipitate 16

Definition: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

precipitate 17

Definition: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

precipitate 18

Definition: done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether

 

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