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▪ I. † precipit, n. Obs. rare.
In 7 precepit.
[a. obs. F. precipite precipice (Cotgr.), ad. L. præcipit-em (nom. præceps) headlong, precipitous, a precipice: see next.]
= precipice.
1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. i. 140 Go too, You take a Precepit for no leape of danger, And woe your owne destruction.
▪ II. preˈcipit, a. rare.
[ad. L. præceps, -cipit-em (see prec.), f. præ before, in front + caput, capit- head.]
Headlong, steep, precipitous.
1648Earl of Westmorld. Otia Sacra (1879) 82 The snares of His precipit ways. 1922Joyce Ulysses 743 Not acting with precipit precipitancy.
▪ III. † preˈcipit, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. præcipit-āre to cast headlong, or F. précipite-r (15th c. in Littré).]
trans. = precipitate v. 1 b.
1678R. R[ussell] tr. Geber iii. ii. ii. xx. 215 It will precipit you into the miserable State of Poverty. |