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precipitate


I - noun
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms:
solid
Hyponyms:
sludge

II - verb
1. bring about abruptly (Freq. 4)
- The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution
Derivationally related forms:
precipitant, precipitation
Hypernyms:
effect, effectuate, set up
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles (Freq. 4)
Derivationally related forms:
precipitation, precipitant, precipitator
Hypernyms:
change state, turn
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. fall from clouds
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
Syn:
come down, fall
Derivationally related forms:
precipitation
Hyponyms:
rain, rain down, spat, snow, hail, sleet
Verb Group:
fall
Entailment:
condense, distill, distil
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- Our economy precipitated into complete ruin
Derivationally related forms:
precipitation
Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
5. hurl or throw violently
- The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below
Derivationally related forms:
precipitation
Hypernyms:
hurl, hurtle, cast
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare
- "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes
- rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
- wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
Syn:
hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous
Similar to:
hurried
Derivationally related forms:
precipitousness (for: precipitous), precipitance (for: precipitant), precipitancy (for: precipitant), precipitate (for: precipitant), precipitateness, haste (for: hasty), hastiness (for: hasty)

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