Definitions for precipitate

(a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering)

(bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution")

(separate as a fine suspension of solid particles)

(fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum")

(fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin")

(hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below")

(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")