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superl.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
a.
Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.
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Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
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Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
imp. & p. p.
of Precipitate
v. i.
To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
n.
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.
v. t.
To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.
a.
Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
v. t.
To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
adv.
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
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Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.
n.
A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.
a.
Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
v. i.
To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.
a.
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
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Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
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