- to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- to cast down headlong; fling or hurl down.
- to cast, plunge, or send, especially violently or abruptly: He precipitated himself into the struggle.
- to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as by means of a reagent.
- to fall to the earth's surface as a condensed form of water; to rain, snow, hail, drizzle, etc.
- to separate from a solution as a precipitate.
- to be cast or thrown down headlong.
- headlong: a precipitate fall down the stairs.
- rushing headlong or rapidly onward.
- proceeding rapidly or with great haste: a precipitate retreat.
- exceedingly sudden or abrupt: a precipitate stop; a precipitate decision.
- done or made without sufficient deliberation; overhasty; rash: a precipitate marriage.
- a substance precipitated from a solution.
- moisture condensed in the form of rain, snow, etc.
- to cause to happen too soon or sooner than expected; bring on
- to throw or fall from or as from a height
- to cause (moisture) to condense and fall as snow, rain, etc, or (of moisture, rain, etc) to condense and fall thus
- to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a dissolved substance separates from solution as a fine suspension of solid particles
- rushing ahead
- done rashly or with undue haste
- sudden and brief
- a precipitated solid in its suspended form or after settling or filtering
