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impulsive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?ls?v/
Adjective
impulsive (comparative more impulsive, superlative most impulsive)
- Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
- Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.
- Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
- my heart, impulsive and wayward
- (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
Related terms
- impulse
- impulsion
- impulsively
- impulsiveness
- impulsor
- impulsory
Translations
References
- impulsive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impulsive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun
impulsive (plural impulsives)
- That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
- 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon
- Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms
- 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon
- One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
French
Adjective
impulsive
- feminine singular of impulsif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
impulsive
- inflection of impulsiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
impulsive f pl
- feminine plural of impulsivo
Latin
Adjective
impuls?ve
- vocative masculine singular of impuls?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
impulsive
- definite singular/plural of impulsiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
impulsive
- definite singular/plural of impulsiv
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precipitate
English
Alternative forms
- præcipitate (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Latin praecipitatus, from praecipit? (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”), from prae (“before”) + caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
Verb:
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /p???s?p?te?t/, /p???s?p?te?t/
Adjective:
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /p???s?p?t?t/, /p???s?p?t?t/
common but often proscribed:
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /p???s?p?te?t/, /p???s?p?te?t/
Verb
precipitate (third-person singular simple present precipitates, present participle precipitating, simple past and past participle precipitated)
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- Synonyms: advance, accelerate, hasten, speed up
- 1737, Richard Glover, Leonidas Book 4
- Back to his sight precipitates her steps.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Ambition
- if they be stout and daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- Synonyms: throw, fling, cast; see also Thesaurus:throw
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- Troponyms: rain, snow, hail
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- The light vapour of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
Synonyms
- headlong
Derived terms
Related terms
- precipice
- precipitation
Translations
Adjective
precipitate (comparative more precipitate, superlative most precipitate)
- headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
- Synonyms: headlong, precipitant, precipitous
- Very steep; precipitous.
- Synonym: brant
- With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
- Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, rash; see also Thesaurus:reckless
- Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.
- Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
- Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden
Derived terms
- precipitately
- precipitateness
Translations
Etymology 2
From New Latin praecipitatum. Doublet of precipitato.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /p???s?p?t?t/, /p???s?p?t?t/
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /p???s?p?te?t/, /p???s?p?te?t/
Noun
precipitate (plural precipitates)
- a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 381]:
- As for the musculature it is a precipitate of Spirit and the signature of the cosmos is in it.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 381]:
- (chemistry) a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution
Translations
Related terms
- precipitous
Further reading
- precipitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- precipitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- precipitate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Peripatetic, peripatetic
Italian
Adjective
precipitate f pl
- feminine plural of precipitato
Verb 1
precipitate
- second-person plural present of precipitare
- second-person plural imperative of precipitare
Verb 2
precipitate f pl
- feminine plural past participle of precipitare
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