Precipitate definition
To precipitate a crisis.
An example of precipitate is jumping from a sinking ship without a life vest.
An example of precipitate is a car driving off a cliff.
The king was too precipitate in declaring war.
A precipitate case of disease.
An announcement that precipitated a political crisis.
Origin of precipitate
- Latin praecipitāre praecipitāt- to throw headlong from praeceps praecipit- headlong prae- pre- caput capit- head kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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- From Latin praecipitatum
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- From Latin praecipitatus
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