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precipitating |
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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