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Precipitate 1Definition: Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
Precipitate 2Definition: Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. Precipitate 3Definition: Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong. Precipitate 4Definition: Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease. Precipitate 5Definition: 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 6Definition: To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height. Precipitate 7Definition: 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 8Definition: To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol. Precipitate 9Definition: To dash or fall headlong. Precipitate 10Definition: To hasten without preparation. Precipitate 11Definition: To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n. precipitate 12Definition: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering precipitate 13Definition: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles precipitate 14Definition: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" precipitate 15Definition: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia''s revolution" precipitate 16Definition: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" precipitate 17Definition: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" precipitate 18Definition: 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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