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  2. PRECIPITATE definition: 1. to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected: 2. to throw someone or something…. Learn more.

  3. precipitate in British English. verb (prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt) 1.(transitive) to cause to happen too soon or sooner than expected; bring on. 2. to throw or fall from or as from a height. 3. to cause ( moisture) to condense and fall as snow, rain, etc, or (of moisture, rain, etc) to condense and fall thus. 4. chemistry.

  4. precipitate: [noun] a substance separated from a solution or suspension by chemical or physical change usually as an insoluble amorphous or crystalline solid.

  5. Precipitate definition: to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly. See examples of PRECIPITATE used in a sentence.

  6. PRECIPITATE meaning: 1. to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected: 2. to throw someone or something…. Learn more.

  7. Precipitate usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "precipitate violence" or one ...

  8. precipitate somebody/something into something to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular state or condition The assassination of the president precipitated the country into war. Word Origin early 16th cent.: from Latin praecipitat- ‘thrown headlong’, from the verb praecipitare , from praeceps , praecip(it)- ‘headlong’, from prae ‘before’ + caput ‘head’.

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