Precipitate
[prɪ'sɪpɪteɪt] or [prɪ'sɪpɪtet]
Definition
(noun.) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering.
(verb.) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles.
(verb.) hurl or throw violently; 'The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below'.
(verb.) bring about abruptly; 'The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution'.
(verb.) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; 'Our economy precipitated into complete ruin'.
(verb.) fall from clouds; 'rain, snow and sleet were falling'; 'Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum'.
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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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Throw or hurl headlong.[2]. Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward.[3]. (Chem.) Throw down, cause to subside.
n. (Chem.) Precipitated substance.
a. Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See RASH]
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Definition
v.t. to throw head-foremost: to urge with eagerness: to hurry rashly: to hasten: (chem.) to cause to fall to the bottom as a substance in solution or suspension.—v.i. to fall headlong: to make too great haste.—adj. falling flowing or rushing headlong: lacking deliberation: overhasty: (med.) ending soon in death.—n. (chem.) a part of a solution falling or causing to fall to the bottom.—n. Precipitabil′ity.—adj. Precip′itable (chem.) that may be precipitated.—ns. Precip′itance Precip′itancy quality of being precipitate: haste in resolving or executing a purpose.—adj. Precip′itant falling headlong: rushing down with too great velocity: hasty: unexpectedly brought on.—n. anything that causes part of a solution to fall to the bottom.—advs. Precip′itantly; Precip′itātely in a precipitate manner: headlong: without due thought.—n. Precipitā′tion act of precipitating: great hurry: rash haste: rapid movement: (chem.) the process by which any substance is made to separate from another in solution and fall to the bottom.—adj. Precip′itātive.—n. Precipitā′tor one who or that which precipitates or causes precipitation.—Precipitate ointment is of two kinds red and white—the former containing red oxide of mercury the latter ammoniated mercury.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Anteprandial.
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Examples
- Miss Bart shrank from it slightly, and then flung herself into precipitate explanations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The enemy was driven back all day, as we had been the day before, until finally he beat a precipitate retreat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But Precedent and Precipitate were, under all circumstances, the well-matched pair of battle-horses of this able Circumlocutionist. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The retreat of the enemy along most of his line was precipitate and the panic so great that Bragg and his officers lost all control over their men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You would not call it murder, if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts, and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I burned with rage to pursue the murderer of my peace, and precipitate him into the ocean. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- To cleanse use well-made brushes, soft quill, or wood toothpicks, an antacid styptic tooth wash, and precipitated chalk. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Attempts were made to send up additional European guards to the Peking legations, but this only precipitated matters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I, when there, have precipitated him to their base. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In 1803 his occupation of Switzerland precipitated a crisis,[451] and war broke out again with England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The revolution which human nature desires to effect step by step in many ages is likely to be precipitated by him in a single year or life. Plato. The Republic.
- This news precipitated me from my self-raised pinnacle of honour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This discovery precipitated a revolt of the company's Indian army, the Indian mutiny (1857). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The two party system chokes off the cry of a minority--perhaps the best way there is of precipitating an explosion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One of the latest forms of such a collector has for its essential principle the vertical or rotatory air current, which it is claimed moves and precipitates the finest particles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Naturally, the veins themselves are not composed of one substance alone, because several different precipitates may be formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That is what precipitates violence, that is what renders social co-operation impossible, that is what makes catastrophes the method of change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Every particle of water assumes as many of salt as can adhere to it; when more is added, it precipitates, and will not remain suspended. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When too much is added, it precipitates in rain. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Ned