Precipitate

  • 41precipitate, precipitous — With a common origin in Latin terms meaning to cast down, these words have taken on dissimilar meanings. As an adjective, precipitate means headlong, moving rapidly and hastily, rash : Take your time; don t make a precipitate decision. Braking… …

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  • 42precipitate someone/thing into — send someone or something without warning into a particular state or condition. → precipitate …

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  • 43precipitate —   a solid that has formed out of dissolved state …

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  • 44precipitate — Synonyms and related words: a bit previous, abrupt, accelerate, accident prone, ad lib, advance, advanced, aftereffect, aftermath, agile, alluvion, alluvium, arduous, ash, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, breakneck, breathless, bring… …

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  • 45precipitate — A substance separating in solid form from a liquid as the result of some physical or chemical change, differing from a substance held only mechanically in suspension, which is known as sediment …

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  • 46precipitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rash, hasty, hurried, headlong, impetuous. See rashness. v. cause, foment; hasten, speed, expedite; separate (as a chemical solution); fall (as rain, snow, etc.). See haste, earliness, descent,… …

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  • 47precipitate —    A substance separating, in solid particles, from a liquid as the result of a chemical or physical change …

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  • 48precipitate — pre cip·i·tate || prɪ sɪpɪteɪt n. condensed moisture that falls from the sky (i.e. rain, snow, hail, etc.); material that has been separated from a solution (Chemistry) v. urge, hasten; cast down, toss down; throw down quickly; condense… …

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  • 49precipitate — peripatetic …

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  • 50precipitate — I. v. a. 1. Throw or hurl headlong, cast down, fling downward. 2. Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward, quicken, despatch, forward, advance, further, bring on, cause to occur too soon, bring on sooner. 3. (Chem.) Throw down,… …

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