1. precipitate - Noun
2. precipitate - Adjective
3. precipitate - Verb
4. precipitate - Adjective Satellite
Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.
To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
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.
To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
To dash or fall headlong.
To hasten without preparation.
To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. Rebecca West
Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory. Haruki Murakami
Theories usually result from the precipitate reasoning of an impatient mind which would like to be rid of phenomena and replaces them with images, concepts, indeed often with mere words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The real difficulty was caused by too precipitate liberalization... The Americans and the British kept pushing me; they wanted a democratic republic. They wanted me to be more liberal with my opponents. The changes were genuine on my part. But Iran is not ready for Western-style democracy. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
I was now under a strong temptation to rush blindly at my Visitor and to precipitate him into Space, or out of Flatland, anywhere, so that I could get rid of him... Edwin Abbott Abbott
Precipitate counsel--perilous deed. Danish Proverb