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Main Entry:: ¹pre·cip·i·tate
Pronunciation:: \pri-ˈsi-pə-ˌtāt\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: pre·cip·i·tat·ed; pre·cip·i·tat·ing
Etymology:: Latin praecipitatus, past participle of praecipitare, from praecipit-, praeceps
Date:: 1528

transitive verb1 a: to throw violently : hurl <the quandaries into which the release of nuclear energy has precipitated mankind — A. B. Arons> b: to throw down2: to bring about especially abruptly <precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion — John Cheever>3 a: to cause to separate from solution or suspension b: to cause (vapor) to condense and fall or depositintransitive verb1 a: to fall headlong b: to fall or come suddenly into some condition2: to move or act precipitately3 a: to separate from solution or suspension b: to condense from a vapor and fall as rain or snow

— pre·cip·i·ta·tive

\-ˌtā-tiv\ adjective

— pre·cip·i·ta·tor

\-ˌtā-tər\ noun

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