1. (

• precipitate

) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering ;

1. (

• precipitate

) bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" ;

2. (

• precipitate

) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles ;

3. (

• precipitate ,
• come_down ,
• fall

) fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" ;

4. (

• precipitate ,

) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" ;

5. (

• precipitate

) hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below" ;

1. (

• hasty ,
• overhasty ,
• precipitate ,
• precipitant ,
• precipitous

) 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" ;