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precipitate Chem a precipitated solid in its suspended form or after settling or filtering precipitate [prə′sip·ə‚tāt] (chemistry) A substance separating, in solid particles, from a liquid as the result of a chemical or physical change; To form a precipitate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I felt as I imagine a husband may feel on a solitary holiday--if there are husbands unnatural enough to go holidaying without their wives--pleasantly conscious of a home tucked somewhere beneath the distant sunset, yet in no precipitate hurry to return there before the appointed day. While he was thus tenderly embracing me, Sophia astonished at my precipitate Departure, entered the Room in search of me. As for the having of them obnoxious to ruin; if they be of fearful natures, it may do well; but if they be stout and daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. |
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