decrepitate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decrepitate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for decrepitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decrepitate v undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated" to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decrepitate \Decrep"itate\, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decrepitate \Decrep"itate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.