Precipitate (?), a. [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice.] 1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Clarendon.
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2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. “The rapidity of our too precipitate course.” Landor.
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3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
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Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior.
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4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
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Precipitate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precipitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.] 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
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She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. W. Irving.
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2. 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.
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Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover.
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If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon.
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3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
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The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. W. Irving.
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