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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Precipitated p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating. ] 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height. [ 1913 Webster ]

She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To dash or fall headlong. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So many fathom down precipitating. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hasten without preparation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice. ] 1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. “The rapidity of our too precipitate course.” Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong. [ 1913 Webster ]

Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]