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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decrepitated}; p. pr & vb n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F. d['e]cr['e]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as to decrepitate salt. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decrepitate v 1: undergo decrepitation 2: to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; of salts
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