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The same as PRECIS, 2. fem. précise strict, precise, from Lat. præcis us = prě-çise', *pre-cyse, *pre-syse, a . [Fr. précis , cut off, shortened, concise, pa. par. of præcido to cut off near the end: præ =before, and cædo (in 1. Falling headlong; flowing or rushing with comp.cido)=to cut; Sp. & Ital. preciso .] steep descent and violently; headlong. " Precipitate the furious torrent flows." Prior. (Todd.) *2. Rapidly running its course; short but violent. ( Arbuthnot .) 3. Headlong, hasty, tumultuous. "A retreat so precipitate that it might be called a flight."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xii. 4. Hasty, overhasty, rash. *5. Adopted without due deliberation or care; hurried, rash. "Provided the same requisition be reasonably made, not upon rash and precipitate advice."- Wotton : Remains, p. 533. B. As substantive: Chem.: A term applied to any solid matter thrown down from a state of solution, by the action of heat, light, or chemical reagent. (1) Red precipitate : Pharm.: The red oxide of mercury prepared by heat. Called also Precipitate per-se. (2) White precipitate : Pharm .: Ammonio-chloride of mercury.