precipitant

4 definitions found

precipitant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p.
     pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr['e]cipitant. See
     Precipitate.]
     1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently,
        or recklessly; moving precipitately.
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              They leave their little lives
              Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J.
                                                    Philips.
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              Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
              Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.
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     2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly
        hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor.
        "Precipitant rebellion." --Eikon Basilike.
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  Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.)
     Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
     precipitate.
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precipitant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  precipitant
      adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
             "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
             makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
             "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
             reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
             precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty,
             overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
      n 1: an agent that causes a precipitate to form

precipitant - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "precipitant":
     abrupt, accident-prone, breakneck, breathless, careless, desperate,
     devil-may-care, electrifying, furious, harum-scarum, hasty,
     headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, mad,
     nerve-shattering, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous,
     panting, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rash, reckless, rushing,
     shocking, slap-bang, slapdash, speedy, startling, sudden,
     surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
     unlooked-for, unpredicted, wanton, wild