To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
to precipitate a journey, or a conflict
To send violently into a certain state or condition.
we were precipitated into a conflict
headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
When the full stores their ancient bounds disdain, / Precipitate the furious torrent flows.
A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
As for the musculature it is a precipitate of Spirit and the signature of the cosmos is in it.
A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
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”) (praec...
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Very steep; precipitous.
With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
Though thoughtful far beyond your years, you are very inexperienced; and I would not have a preference that may originate in your little knowledge of others, or a romantic exaggeration of slight kindnesses, lead you into a precipitate union with me, unless you most seriously examine your own heart, and weigh the various consequences.