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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Precipitate  \Pre*cip"i*tate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Precipitated};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Precipitating}.] 
  1.  To  throw  headlong;  to  cast  down  from  a  precipice  or 
  height. 
 
  She  and  her  horse  had  been  precipitated  to  the 
  pebbled  region  of  the  river.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  Back  to  his  sight  precipitates  her  steps.  --Glover. 
 
  If  they  be  daring,  it  may  precipitate  their  designs, 
  and  prove  dangerous.  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  (Chem.)  To  separate  from  a  solution,  or  other  medium,  in 
  the  form  of  a  precipitate;  as  water  precipitates  camphor 
  when  in  solution  with  alcohol. 
 
  The  light  vapor  of  the  preceding  evening  had  been 
  precipitated  by  the  cold.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  precipitating 
  adj  :  bringing  on  suddenly  or  abruptly;  "the  completion  of  the 
  railroad  was  the  precipitating  cause  in  the  extinction 
  of  water-borne  commerce"  [syn:  {precipitating(a)}] 




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