Definition:
- (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
- (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
- (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
- (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
- (v. i.) To dash or fall headlong.
- (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.
- (v. i.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
Compare precipitate with other words:
apace vs. precipitate
abrupt vs. precipitate
fast vs. precipitate
filtrate vs. precipitate
granule vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. rashful
precipitate vs. unheedy
overprompt vs. precipitate
precipitable vs. precipitate
coagulum vs. precipitate
null vs. precipitate
impetuous vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. residue
gas vs. precipitate
drive vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. prompt
bizarre vs. precipitate
cause vs. precipitate
initiate vs. precipitate
cascade vs. precipitate
deposit vs. precipitate
precipitant vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. supernatant
precipitate vs. supersaturate
lees vs. precipitate
desert vs. precipitate
magistery vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. sediment
brash vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. unleash
precipitate vs. precipitateness
precipitate vs. precipitately
precipitate vs. rapidly
abruptly vs. precipitate
haste vs. precipitate
headstrong vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. precipitous
hasty vs. precipitate
headlong vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. product
precipitate vs. precipitation
precipice vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. precipitated
precipitate vs. precipitator
droplet vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. snow
precipitate vs. rain
precipitate vs. water
precipitate vs. solid
precipitate vs. solution
liquid vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. violently
height vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. throw
hasten vs. precipitate
happen vs. precipitate
precipitate vs. rash
precipitate vs. slow
ablution vs. precipitate