Definition of precipitate

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Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.

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Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold..
Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong..
Unwary :: Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
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..
Tumble :: Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers..
Precipitately :: Precipitately (adv.) In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure..
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Precipitable :: Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.).
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..
Test :: Test (n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt..
Hasty :: Hasty (n.) Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager..
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..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To dash or fall headlong.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
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..
Rashful :: Rashful (a.) Rash; hasty; precipitate.
Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
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