precipitate
11precipitate — I adjective abrupt, breakneck, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heady, hellbent, hot headed, hurried, immediate, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, inconsultus, indiscreet, injudicious, madcap, overconfident, overly hasty,… …
12precipitate — (v.) to hurl or fling down, 1520s, from L.L. praecipitare to throw or dive headlong, from praeceps (see PRECIPITATION (Cf. precipitation)). Meaning to cause to happen is recorded from 1620s. Chemical sense is from 1640s; meteorological sense… …
13precipitate — ► VERB 1) cause (something bad) to happen unexpectedly or prematurely. 2) cause to move suddenly and with force. 3) Chemistry cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution. 4) cause (moisture or dust) to be deposited from the… …
14precipitate — precipitately, adv. precipitateness, n. precipitative, adj. precipitator, n. v. /pri sip i tayt /; adj., n. /pri sip i tit, tayt /, v., precipitated, precipitating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to hasten the occurrence of; bri …
15Precipitate EP — Infobox Album | Name = Precipitate Type = EP Artist = Interpol Released = January 2001 Recorded = 1999 2000 Genre = Indie Length = 21:14 Label = Private Release Producer = Interpol Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… …
16precipitate — verb (precipitated, precipitating) –verb (t) /prəˈsɪpəteɪt / (say pruh sipuhtayt) 1. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about in haste or suddenly: to precipitate a quarrel. 2. Chemistry to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as …
17precipitate — pre|cip|i|tate1 [prıˈsıpıteıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of praecipitare, from praeceps; PRECIPICE] 1.) [T] formal to make something serious happen suddenly or more quickly than was expected = ↑hasten ▪ The riot was… …
18precipitate — I UK [prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt] / US [prɪˈsɪpɪtət] verb Word forms precipitate : present tense I/you/we/they precipitate he/she/it precipitates present participle precipitating past tense precipitated past participle precipitated 1) [intransitive/transitive] …
19precipitate — pre•cip•i•tate v. [[t]prɪˈsɪp ɪˌteɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] tɪt, ˌteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing, adj. n. 1) to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely or suddenly: to precipitate a crisis[/ex] 2) to fling or hurl down 3) to cast violently or …
20precipitate — I. verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin praecipitatus, past participle of praecipitare, from praecipit , praeceps Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. a. to throw violently ; hurl < the quandaries into which the releas …