All 6 Uses of
precipitate
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- The violence of his fall precipitated Mrs Squeers completely over an adjacent form; and Squeers striking his head against it in his descent, lay at his full length on the ground, stunned and motionless.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- 'Are you certain?' demanded Nicholas, precipitately; 'not even to my mother or sister?†
Chpt 15 (definition 2) *
- Nicholas stammered out an awkward apology, and was precipitately retiring, when the young lady, turning her head a little, presented to his view the features of the lovely girl whom he had seen at the register-office on his first visit long before.†
Chpt 40 (definition 2)
- He had no time to sing the praises of his mistress, just then, for Newman gave him a gentle push which had nearly precipitated him to the bottom of the area steps.†
Chpt 40 (definition 1) *
- Carrying this resolution into instant effect, he had advanced as far as the passage, when the sound of the latch-key in the street door caused him to make a precipitate retreat into his own office again.†
Chpt 47 (definition 2)
- She was hurrying past Nicholas, when he threw himself before her, and implored her to think, but once again, upon the fate to which she was precipitately hastening.†
Chpt 53 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (precipitate as in: it precipitated a revolution) make something happen or to fall or move -- typically suddenly and often of something undesired
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(2) (precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought