Definition of precipitate

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Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..

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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.
Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong..
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..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..
Unheedy :: Unheedy (a.) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Precipitable :: Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.).
Overprompt :: Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; 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)..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (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..
Precipitant :: Precipitant (a.) Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately..
Hurry :: Hurry (v. t.) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
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..
Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
Overhasty :: Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
Headlong :: Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly..
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
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..
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
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