precipitatedadj.
/prᵻˈsɪpᵻteɪtᵻd/, U.S. /priˈsɪpəˌteɪdᵻd/, /prəˈsɪpəˌteɪdᵻd/ΚΠ
1603 A. Willet tr. St. Augustine in Antilogie to Apologicall Epistle 260 Who first of your side did cast himselfe downe headlong..from whence haue budded foorth so many precipitated carkases [L. praecipitatorum cadauerum].
2. Rushed, hurried; subject to rapid or sudden movement; precipitate.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried
hastivea1325
raplyc1390
runninga1400
rapec1410
precipitate1545
hasty1560
abrupt1576
festinate1598
breathless1606
hasteful1610
precipitatedc1625
arreptitious1653
hurried1667
prerupt1727
hurry-scurry1732
rush1879
rushed1888
scampered1894
rush-round1903
rushy1976
drive-by1992
c1625 J. Smith Hist. Bermudaes (1882) 109 Contrary to the aduise and opinion of his best and most entrusted freinds conuersant with him, [he] entred vpon a precipitated course and action.
1678 Spanish Hist. 51 At the too precipitated death of that Gentleman of Arragon.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxxix. 215 She set even my heart into a palpitation,..like a precipitated pendulum in a clock-case.
1845 W. Napier Conquest Scinde ii. vii. 428 The precipitated movements of the Ameer.
1880 Connaught Tel. 6 Nov. in P. B. Ellis Eyewitnesses to Irish Hist. 195 He and his bodyguard had to beat a precipitated retreat in the direction of the military barracks.
1902 J. Conrad Typhoon xv. 114 With a precipitated sound of trampling and shuffling of bare feet and with guttural cries, the vague mound piled up to port.
1936 E. Westermarck Future of Marriage x. 220 Divorce by mutual agreement..might lead to a precipitated dissolution of the marriage.
2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 May 4 I'm not going to be bounced into any hasty or precipitated action.
3. Chiefly Chemistry. Deposited as a result of precipitation.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to precipitation
precipitated1650
precipitating1912
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > deposited
precipitated1650
vacuum-deposited1946
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to precipitation > deposited from a state of suspension in gas
precipitated1938
1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 38 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie All precipitated, sublimated, calcined Cinnabar is mortified Mercury.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. viii. 200 Calces of corroded and precipitated things.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 329 You must draw it off from its precipitated Lees.
1876 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 5) i. iv. 114 The cloud formed..when the precipitated particles are sufficiently fine, is blue.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 726 A drachm of precipitated sulphur administered in milk.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxiii. 289 Chlorous acid..was prepared..by adding sulphuric acid to a solution of barium chlorite and filtering off the precipitated barium sulphate.
1938 Trans. Inst. Chem. Engineers 16 38/1 The precipitated dust falls into hoppers below each section of the plant.
1999 M. Pooley & J. Lomax Real Cidermaking ix. 47 To adjust for over acidity, you can use either precipitated chalk or, better still, potassium carbonate.
Derivatives
preˈcipitatedly adv. precipitately, hurriedly.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > headlong
swireforthc825
a-randounc1380
headlya1425
headlongsc1540
eavelong1567
headlong1576
rank1590
headlongly1595
precipitously1626
neck-break1631
precipitantly1656
precipitately1728
precipitatedly1770
torrentially1882
slap-dab1886
1770 C. Jenner Placid Man I. ii. v. 101 [He] would have confirmed the suspicion..by leaving the room as precipitatedly as he had entered it.
1826 in Econ. Hist. Rev. 15 (1962) 115 Should it be undertaken precipitatedly or unadvisedly..the consequences could be disastrous.
1911 Times 13 June 5/1 Spain..precipitatedly adopted these measures.
1995 Nation (Nexis) 26 June 916 De Klerk warned that South Africa would be foolish if it ‘precipitatedly tore out the stitches from wounds that are now just beginning to heal.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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