Definitions
1.verbTo make something happen suddenly and quickly."it precipitated their success"
2.verbTo throw an object or person from a great height.
3.verbTo send violently into a certain state or condition."we were precipitated into a conflict"
4.verbTo come out of a liquid solution into solid form."Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate."
5.verbTo separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
6.verbTo 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."
7.verbTo cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
8.verbTo fall headlong.
9.verbTo act too hastily; to be precipitous.
10.adjectiveHeadlong; falling steeply or vertically.
11.adjectiveVery steep; precipitous.
12.adjectiveWith a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
13.adjectiveMoving with excessive speed or haste."The king was too precipitate in declaring war."
14.adjectivePerformed very rapidly or abruptly.