Definition of precipitate

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Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..

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Hasten :: Hasten (v. t.) To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (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..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Hail :: Hail (n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..
Unheedy :: Unheedy (a.) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Precipitant :: Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..
Precipitant :: Precipitant (a.) Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately..
Headlong :: Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly..
Cloud-burst :: Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold..
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..
Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
Dreg :: Dreg (n.) Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society..
Tumble :: Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers..
Overhasty :: Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
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