precipitate.
To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
Meaning & usage
To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
to precipitate a journey, or a conflict
it precipitated their success
To throw an object or person from a great height.
To send violently into a certain state or condition.
we were precipitated into a conflict
(chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.
(chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.
To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
To fall headlong.
To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
Where this word comes from
From Latin praecipitātus, perfect passive participle of praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) (praecipit- in its oblique stem), from prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
Very steep; precipitous.
With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.
The king was too precipitate in declaring war.
a precipitate case of disease
Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
Where this word comes from
From Latin praecipitātus (see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
Where this word comes from
From New Latin praecipitātum. Equivalent to Latin praecipitō + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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