PRECIPITATELY
headlong, precipitately
(adverb) at breakneck speed; “burst headlong through the gate”
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Etymology
Adverb
precipitately (comparative more precipitately, superlative most precipitately)
In a precipitate manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cip"i*tate*ly, adv.
Definition: In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
PRECIPITATE
Pre*cip"i*tate, a. Etym: [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to
precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice.]
1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring
war. Clarendon.
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. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.
Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior.
4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case
of disease. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
Pre*cip"i*tate, n. Etym: [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F. précipité.]
(Chem.)
Definition: An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete
state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some
force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom
(whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float
at or near the surface. Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide
(HgO) a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the latter
manner, it was the precipitate per se of the alchemists.
– White precipitate (Old Chem.) (a) A heavy white amorphous powder
(NH2.HgCl) obtained by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric
chloride or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also infusible
white precipitate, and now amido-mercuric chloride. (b) A white
crystalline substance obtained by adding a solution of corrosive
sublimate to a solution of sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride); --
formerly called also fusible white precipitate.
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.)
Definition: 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.
Pre*cip"i*tate, v. i.
1. To dash or fall headlong. [R.]
So many fathom down precipitating. Shak.
2. To hasten without preparation. [R.]
3. (Chem.)
Definition: To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate,
n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition