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Precipitant Definition & Meaning

precipitant
adjective
  1. 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"
noun
  1. an agent that causes a precipitate to form

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What does precipitant mean?
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" an agent that causes a precipitate to form
What part of speech is precipitant?
Precipitant is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does precipitant have?
Precipitant has 2 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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