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precipitate 1, verb(dictionary)
precipitate 2, noun(dictionary)

precipitate(1) (iou)



precipitate adjective. E17.
[Latin praecipitatus pa. pple of praecipitare: see PRECIPITATE verb, -ATE2.]
Headlong; falling or descending steeply or vertically. E17.
J. S. Blackie And Dadaces..spear-struck fell Precipitate from his ship.
b. Very steep, precipitous. rare. E17.
Actuated by violent or sudden impulse; overhasty, hurried; rash, headstrong. E17.
J. Smeaton I was determined not to be precipitate in purchasing. W. Gerhardie Conscious of the danger of precipitate action. K. Moore Rather precipitate marriages did run in the family.
Rushing or driven along headlong; moving or moved with excessive haste or speed. M17.
Gibbon The general escaped by a precipitate flight. P. V. White They were all a little out of breath from precipitate arrival.
Performed or occurring very rapidly; very sudden or abrupt. M17.
W. S. Churchill Gladstone's precipitate conversion to Home Rule.
precipitately adverb M17.
precipitateness noun M17.