# precipitate

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ · frequency rank #38,107

## Definitions
1. To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
2. To throw an object or person from a great height.
3. To send violently into a certain state or condition.
4. (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
5. (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
6. To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
7. To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
8. To fall headlong.
9. To act too hastily; to be precipitous.

## Etymology
From Latin praecipitātus, perfect passive participle of praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) (praecipit- in its oblique stem), from prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`percipitate`, `pprecipitate`, `prceipitate`, `preccipitate`, `preciiptate`, `precipiatte`, `precipitaet`, `precipitatte`, `precipittae`, `precipittate`, `precippitate`, `preciptiate`, `precpiitate`, `preicpitate`, `prrecipitate`, `rpecipitate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/precipitate