1. • noun - a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
   • verb - bring about abruptly
   • verb - separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
   • verb - fall from clouds
   • verb - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
   • verb - hurl or throw violently
   • adj - done with very great haste and without due deliberation
2. • To throw from or as if from a great height; hurl downward: “The finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below” (Thornton Wilder).
   • To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely.
   • To cause (water vapor) to condense and fall from the air as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
   • To cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution.
   • Meteorology.
   • To be separated from a solution as a solid.
   • To fall or be thrown headlong: An already ailing economy precipitated into ruin despite foreign intervention.
   • Moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong.
   • Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation.
   • Occurring suddenly or unexpectedly.
   • A solid or solid phase separated from a solution.
   • The adjective precipitate and the adverb precipitately were once applied to physical steepness but are now used primarily of rash, headlong actions: They made a precipitate decision.

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