Both Uses of
precipitate
in
Bleak House
- So they go out in a loose procession, something after the manner of a straggling funeral, and make their inspection in Mr. Krook's back second floor, from which a few of the jurymen retire pale and precipitately.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- Sir Leicester, with a gracious inclination of his head, seems to say to himself, "A sensible woman this, on the whole, though occasionally precipitate."†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought