- precipitate
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. rash, hasty, hurried, headlong, impetuous. See rashness. —v. cause, foment; hasten, speed, expedite; separate (as a chemical solution); fall (as rain, snow, etc.). See haste, earliness, descent, density.II(Roget's IV) v.III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)I(VOCABULARY WORD) v.[pri SIP i TATE]to cause to happen sooner than desired or expected.The embargo precipitated the rise of oil prices.SYN.: hasten, quicken, speed, expedite, accelerate, advance, trigger, instigate, drive, impel.IIa.hasty, rash, headlong, rushed, hurried, sudden, abrupt, impetuous, reckless, impatient.ANT.: considered, planned, expectedIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To put down, especially in layers, by a natural process: deposit. See INCREASE. II adjective 1. Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste: brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, rash1, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See CAREFUL. 2. Happening quickly and without warning: abrupt, hurried, precipitant, sudden. See FAST, SURPRISE. III noun 1. Matter that settles on a bottom or collects on a surface by a natural process: deposit, dreg (often used in plural), lees, precipitation, sediment. See LEFTOVER. 2. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See CAUSE.
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