Precipitate

prē-sip′i-tāt, v.t. to throw head-foremost: to urge with eagerne : to hurry rashly: to hasten: ( chem. ) to cause to fall to the bottom, as a substance in solution or suspension.— v.i. to fall headlong: to make too great haste.— adj. falling, flowing, or rushing headlong: lacking deliberation: overhasty: ( med. ) ending soon in death.— n. ( chem. ) a part of a solution, falling or causing to fall to the bottom.— n. Precipitabil′ity .— adj. Precip′itable ( chem. ), that may be precipitated.— ns. Precip′itance , Precip′itancy , quality of being precipitate: haste in resolving or executing a purpose.— adj. Precip′itant , falling headlong: rushing down with too great velocity: hasty: unexpectedly brought on.— n. anything that causes part of a solution to fall to the bottom.— advs. Precip′itantly ; Precip′itātely , in a precipitate manner: headlong: without due thought.— n. Precipitā′tion , act of precipitating: great hurry: rash haste: rapid movement: ( chem. ) the proce by which any substance is made to separate from another in solution, and fall to the bottom.— adj. Precip′itātive .— n. Precipitā′tor , one who, or that which, precipitates or causes precipitation.— Precipitate ointment is of two kinds, red and white —the former containing red oxide of mercury, the latter ammoniated mercury. [L. præcipitāre , -ātum — præceps .]