Definition of precipitate

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

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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..
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. t.) To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict..
Rosacic :: Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric..
Heady :: Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
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..
Precipitant :: Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
Overprompt :: Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..
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..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..
Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Hurry :: Hurry (v. t.) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Cloud-burst :: Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once..
Precipitator :: Precipitator (n.) One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness..
Overhasty :: Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
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..
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Precipitancy :: Precipitancy (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth..
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