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   Precipitate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precipitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
   1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
   
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   She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. W. Irving.
   
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   2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, “precipitate a journey, or a conflict”.
   
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   Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover.
   
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   If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon.
   
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   3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, “water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol”.
   
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   The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. W. Irving.
   
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