Pre‐cip″i‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Precipitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Precipitating.] 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.
She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. W. Irving.
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.
Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover.
If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon.
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.
The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. W. Irving.