Definition of precipitate

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Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..

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Unheedy :: Unheedy (a.) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
Precipitable :: Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.).
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..
Rosacic :: Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric..
Magistery :: Magistery (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth..
Overhasty :: Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
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..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To dash or fall headlong.
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..
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..
Precipitator :: Precipitator (n.) One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness..
Hail :: Hail (n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold..
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..
Overprompt :: Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.
Precipitately :: Precipitately (adv.) In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
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