Definitions for: Precipitant

[n] an agent that causes a precipitate to form
[adj] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pre*cip"i*tant, a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p.
pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr['e]cipitant. See
Precipitate.]
1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently,
or recklessly; moving precipitately.

They leave their little lives Above the clouds,
precipitant to earth. --J. Philips.

Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.

2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly
hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor.
``Precipitant rebellion.'' --Eikon Basilike.

Pre*cip"i*tant, n. (Chem.)
Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
precipitate.

Synonyms: hasty, hurried, overhasty, precipitate

See Also: agent, dimethylglyoxime

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