Precipitate

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