All 3 Uses of
precipitate
in
Washington Square
- This was about the time Catherine had reached her eighteenth year, so that it will be seen her father had not been precipitate.†
Chpt 2
- The Doctor thought it very vulgar to be precipitate in accusing people of mercenary motives, inasmuch as his door had as yet not been in the least besieged by fortune-hunters; and, lastly, he was very curious to see whether Catherine might really be loved for her moral worth.†
Chpt 7
- The prize was certainly great; but it was only to be won by striking the happy mean between precipitancy and caution.†
Chpt 22 *
Definition:
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(precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought