Definition of "precipitated" []

• Hastened; hurried. (adjective)
• Deposited from a solution, vapour or state of suspension into gas. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of precipitate. (verb)

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• "Martin precipitated it by reading to her his "The Shame of the Sun.""
• "Intermediate in composition between these two phosphates there is another known as precipitated phosphate of lime, or dicalcic phosphate (the same as reverted phosphate), which contains two equivalents of lime and one equivalent of water as follows: --"
• ""Mary Ann, throw her desk out of the window!" cried he, and my precious desk, containing my letters and papers, my small amount of cash, and all my valuables, was about to be precipitated from the three-story window."