![]() To make haste hurry proceed without deliberation.To hasten intemperately or rashly hence, to spoil ruin.To hasten bring hastily to pass hurry up: as, to precipitate a flight.To drive forcibly cause to hasten onward.To cause to fall as a sediment to the bottom of a vessel reduce from a state of solution to a solid form, as by means of a reagent or chemical force.To cast down headlong fling from a precipice or height hurl downward.noun In Chem., any substance which, having been dissolved in a fluid, falls to the bottom of the vessel on the addition of some other substance capable of producing decomposition of the compound.Synonyms and Precipitous now always expresses the physical attribute of a headlong steepness precipitate the moral quality of being very hasty or overhasty.Hastily brought to pass speedy hurried sudden.Hasty acting without due deliberation rash.Hurled headlong plunging or rushing down, as by a steep descent headlong.noun An abbreviated term sometimes used to signify the bright yellow precipitate of ammonium phosphomolybdate frequently obtained in analysis as a proof of the presence of, or as the means of quantitatively determining, phosphorus or the radical of phosphoric acid and phosphates.noun Fusible white precipitate, colorless crystals, soluble in water (probably of the composition NHg 2C1.3NH 4Cl), which melt and then decompose on being heated: produced by boiling the infusible white precipitate with a solution of ammonium chlorid.noun A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.noun Chemistry A solid or solid phase separated from a solution.adjective Occurring suddenly or unexpectedly.adjective Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation. ![]() adjective Moving rapidly and heedlessly speeding headlong.intransitive verb Chemistry To be separated from a solution as a solid.intransitive verb Meteorology To fall from the air as a form of water, such as rain or snow.intransitive verb Chemistry To cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution.intransitive verb Meteorology To cause (a form of water, as rain or snow) to fall from the air.intransitive verb To put suddenly into a certain state or condition.intransitive verb To cause to fall down from a height hurl downward.intransitive verb To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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