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precipitant

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Precipitant  \Pre*cip"i*tant\,  a.  [L.  praecipitans  -antis,  p. 
  pr  of  praecipitare:  cf  F.  pr['e]cipitant.  See 
  {Precipitate}.] 
  1.  Falling  or  rushing  headlong;  rushing  swiftly,  violently, 
  or  recklessly;  moving  precipitately. 
 
  They  leave  their  little  lives  Above  the  clouds, 
  precipitant  to  earth.  --J.  Philips. 
 
  Should  he  return,  that  troop  so  blithe  and  bold, 
  Precipitant  in  fear  would  wing  their  flight.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  Unexpectedly  or  foolishly  brought  on  or  hastened;  rashly 
  hurried;  hasty;  sudden;  reckless.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
  ``Precipitant  rebellion.''  --Eikon  Basilike 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Precipitant  \Pre*cip"i*tant\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  Any  force  or  reagent  which  causes  the  formation  of  a 
  precipitate. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  precipitant 
  adj  :  done  with  very  great  haste  and  without  due  deliberation; 
  "hasty  marriage  seldom  proveth  well"-  Shakespeare; 
  "hasty  makeshifts  take  the  place  of  planning"-  Arthur 
  Geddes;  "rejected  what  was  regarded  as  an  overhasty 
  plan  for  reconversion";  "wondered  whether  they  had  been 
  rather  precipitate  in  deposing  the  king"  [syn:  {hasty}, 
  {overhasty},  {precipitate}] 
  n  :  a  substance  that  causes  a  precipitate  to  form




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