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Meaning of 'precipitant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Precipitant [ a.]
- Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
- Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless.
2 . Precipitant [ n.]
- Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.

Meaning of 'precipitant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . precipitant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Example in sentence:
  • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning;
  • hasty marriage seldom proveth well;
  • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion;
  • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

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