PRECIPITATE

precipitate. Precipitate, n. red oxyd of mercury

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Pre‐cip″i‐tate (?), a. [[L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice.]] 1. 1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Clarendon.
2. 2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. “The rapidity of our too precipitate course.” Landor.
3. 3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior. 4. 4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease. Arbuthnot.