Precipitant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Precipitant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Precipitant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precipitant adj 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" Synonym(s): hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous n an agent that causes a precipitate to form
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precipitant \Precip"itant\, n. (Chem.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precipitant \Precip"itant\, a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p. pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr[82]cipitant. See {Precipitate}.] 1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately. They leave their little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J. Philips. Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope. 2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor. [bd]Precipitant rebellion.[b8] --Eikon Basilike.