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Definition
make something happen or to fall or move — typically suddenly and often of something undesired
- You would not call it murder if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands.Chapter 17 (13% in)
precipitate = hurl downward
- I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base.Chapter 9 (38% in)
- I burned with rage to pursue the murderer of my peace and precipitate him into the ocean.Chapter 20 (38% in)
precipitated = hurled downward
precipitate = hurl
There are no more uses of "precipitate" in Frankenstein.
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