All 3 Uses of
precipitate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.†
Chpt 2.8 *precipitated = caused suddenly
- The lowest, cruelest, and worst populace of a city, never without its quantity of low, cruel, and bad, were the directing spirits of the scene: noisily commenting, applauding, disapproving, anticipating, and precipitating the result, without a check.†
Chpt 3.6precipitating = making something happen suddenly
- Ah, but he would be well content to precipitate himself over the hill-side once again, as on the evening when he and I first encountered, close to the same spot!†
Chpt 2.15 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought
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(2)
(precipitate as in: it precipitated a revolution) make something happen or to fall or move -- typically suddenly and often of something undesired