precipitate

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  • March 29. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate noun english

    a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate verb english

    bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate verb english

    separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate verb english

    fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate verb english

    fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate verb english

    hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

  • March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    precipitate adjective english

    done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"