precipitate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪtæɪt/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)
- /pɹəˈsɪpɪtæɪt/ (Australia)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
Freshly arrived in Paris in 1871 at the age of 17, Rimbaud proceded ^([sic]) to precipitate the collapse of Verlaine's marital menage, and with it his social position.
1979 December 29, Rudy Kikel, “Young Men”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 15:Back to his sight precipitates her steps.
it precipitated their success
to precipitate a journey, or a conflict
if they be stout and daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Ambition”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
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(transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
In gallopping heedlessly along, with her eyes turned upwards, she had unwarily approached too near the bank; it had given way with her, and she and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled margin of the river.
1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Hawking”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 182:
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(transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
we were precipitated into a conflict
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(intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
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(intransitive) 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.
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(transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
The light vapour of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold.
1819 June 23 – 1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “(please specify the title)”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC:
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| precipitating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| præcipitate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| precipitated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| precipitated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| precipitates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
coprecipitate · precipitator · immunoprecipitate · nanoprecipitate · cryoprecipitate · photoprecipitate · reprecipitate · bioprecipitate · precipitated
Relateds
hail · rain · precipice · praecipito · snow · precipitous · precipitation
Synonyms
yeet · speed up · slight · huck · wing · project · peg · peck · dash · warp · fling · whip · thrill · pitch · fling · launch · feck · quoit · whang · chuck · hasten · accelerate · bung · toss · hield · cast · precipitate · lob · throw · whop · traject · cast · heave · chunk · hoy · jerk · sling · hurtle · cook · throw · dump · headlong · pick · advance · skew · shy · hurl
Translations (114)
fi kiihdyttää (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de hinabwerfen (to throw an object or person from a great height) · mi tōtāwairehu (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · hu felgyorsít (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de überstürzen (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · hu belesodor (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · vi kết tủa (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cmn 突然陷入 (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · es tirar abajo (to throw an object or person from a great height) · el κατακρημνίζω (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · bg ускорявам (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · ro depune (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cy gwaddodi (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu kivált (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · ru выпадать в осадок (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ru ускорять (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · pl strącić się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · bg валя (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · mi whakauruhi (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · fi kiirehtiä (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · pl wytrącić (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu ledob (to throw an object or person from a great height) · gl esbarrancar (to throw an object or person from a great height) · hu elősegít (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de hinabschleudern (to throw an object or person from a great height) · fi nopeuttaa (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de stürzen (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · cy bwrw (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · de sich ausfällen (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ru втянуть (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · pl strącać (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · de werfen (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · pl strącić (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · de beschleunigen (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · ru ввергать (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · de ausfällen (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · bg утаявам се (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cmn 沉澱 /沉淀 (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cmn 突然引發 /突然引发 (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · el επιταχύνω (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · el γκρεμίζω (to throw an object or person from a great height) · cy gwaddodi (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ru ускорить (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · fi paiskata (to throw an object or person from a great height) · ro precipita (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ro accelera (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · ja 促進する (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · fi saostaa (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · es arrojar (to throw an object or person from a great height) · de hinabstürzen (to throw an object or person from a great height) · fi jouduttaa (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de runterwerfen (to throw an object or person from a great height) · es condensar (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · bg хвърлям (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · cs vysrážet se (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · pl osadzić się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · pl wytrącać (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · pl wytrącić się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu letaszít (to throw an object or person from a great height) · de sich niederschlagen (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ru осаждаться (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu levet (to throw an object or person from a great height) · bg подлагам на (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · pl osadzać się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · es precipitar (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ro condensa (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · sv påskynda (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · cmn 沉澱 /沉淀 (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · el επισπεύδω (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · de vorantreiben (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · el κατακαθίζω (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ar تَرَسَّبَ (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · de niederschlagen (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · fi syöstä (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · hu kicsapódik (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · de runterschubsen (to throw an object or person from a great height) · hu beletaszít (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · pl wytrącać się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · fi syöstä (to throw an object or person from a great height) · pl osadzać (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · fi saostua (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · mi whakahuatoka (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu leülepít (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu lecsap (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cmn 加速 (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · fr précipiter (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · pl strącać się (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · bg утаявам (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · nl precipiteren (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu kicsap (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · nl bezinken (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · pl osadzić (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · nl neerslaan (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · es precipitar (to throw an object or person from a great height) · hu lecsapódik (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ro grăbi (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · hu kirobbant (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · qu chanqaykuy (to throw an object or person from a great height) · cmn 降雨 (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · sk vyzrážať (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cmn 促使 (to send violently into a certain state or condition) · ro precipita (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · hu meggyorsít (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · mi whakahuatoka (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu sürget (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) · el κατακρημνίζω (to throw an object or person from a great height) · hu leülepedik (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · vi kết tủa (to come out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ar رَسَّبَ (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · ga comhdhlúthaigh (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · fi sataa (to have water in the air fall to the ground) · ro precipita (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · cs vysrážet (to separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) · hu siettet (to make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten)