Definition of precipitate

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Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure..

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Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Phenicine :: Phenicine (n.) A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war..
Precipitator :: Precipitator (n.) One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness..
Rosacic :: Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. t.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol..
Forcing :: Forcing (n.) The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition..
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 separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n..
Precipitant :: Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
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..
Precipitated :: Precipitated (imp. & p. p.) of Precipitat.
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.
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold..
Heady :: Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
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..
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..
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