All 8 Uses of
precipitate
in
The House of Mirth
- Miss Bart shrank from it slightly, and then flung herself into precipitate explanations.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- …of a bronze jar; a series of French and English maids giving warning amid a chaos of hurriedly-ransacked wardrobes and dress-closets; an equally changing dynasty of nurses and footmen; quarrels in the pantry, the kitchen and the drawing-room; precipitate trips to Europe, and returns with gorged trunks and days of interminable unpacking; semi-annual discussions as to where the summer should be spent, grey interludes of economy and brilliant reactions of expense—such was the setting of…†
Chpt 1.3
- She could never afterward recall how long the duel lasted, or what was the decisive stroke which finally, after a lapse of time recorded in minutes by the clock, in hours by the precipitate beat of her pulses, put her in possession of the letters; she knew only that the door had finally closed, and that she stood alone with the packet in her hand.†
Chpt 1.9
- The idea precipitated Lily's avowal.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- Miss Bart, glowing with the haste of a precipitate descent upon the train, headed a group composed of the Dorsets, young Silverton and Lord Hubert Dacey, who had barely time to spring into the carriage, and envelop Selden in ejaculations of surprise and welcome, before the whistle of departure sounded.†
Chpt 2.1
- He walked beside her in silence, with quick precipitate steps, till they reached the embowered slopes to the east of the Casino; then, pulling up abruptly, he said: "Have you seen Bertha?"†
Chpt 2.2
- Again she felt her colour change; again her heart rose in precipitate throbs to meet what she felt was coming.†
Chpt 2.6
- He put it to her as if she had not grasped the consequences of her act; as if her incorrigible ignorance of business were about to precipitate her into a fresh act of folly.†
Chpt 2.10
Definitions:
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(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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(precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought