1. (noun)
precipitate
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
2. (adj)
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
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"
3. (verb)
precipitate
bring about abruptly
"The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
4. (verb)
precipitate
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
5. (verb)
precipitate, come down, fall
fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
6. (verb)
precipitate
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
7. (verb)
precipitate
hurl or throw violently
"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
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Definition of 'precipitate'
