Precipitated
[pri'sipiteitid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Precipitate
Typed by Billie
Examples
- 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.
- This precipitated a ten-year struggle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The actual war was precipitated by the Romans making a breach of their own regulations, and interfering with affairs south of the Ebro. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was like a cloud bank behind the settled landscape that accumulated and then precipitated invaders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mineral matter precipitated from solution is deposited in crevices and forms veins. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The idea precipitated Lily's avowal. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typed by Billie