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Meaning of precipitate
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precipitate
adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: {hasty},
{overhasty}, {precipitate}, {precipitant}, {precipitous}]
n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after
settling or filtering
v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's
revolution"
2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
Herculaneum" [syn: {precipitate}, {come down}, {fall}]
4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy
precipitated into complete ruin"
5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated
the train into the river below"
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