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Capitate
Capitate Cap"i*tate, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.]
1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and
rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
CrepitateCrepitate Crep"i*tate (kr?p"?-t?t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Crepitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating
(-t?`t?ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle,
v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.]
To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions
or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. CrepitatedCrepitate Crep"i*tate (kr?p"?-t?t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Crepitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating
(-t?`t?ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle,
v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.]
To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions
or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. DecapitateDecapitate De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] DecapitatedDecapitate De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] Decrepitate
Decrepitate De*crep"i*tate, v. i.
To crackle, as salt in roasting.
Hospitate
Hospitate Hos"pi*tate, v. i. [L. hospitatus, p. p. of
hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.]
To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] --Grew.
Hospitate
Hospitate Hos"pi*tate, v. t.
To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [Obs.]
--Cockeram.
PalpitatePalpitate Pal"pi*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palpitated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Palpitating.] [L. palpitare, palpitatum, v.
intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable.]
To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to
bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to
flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is
abnormal, as from excitement. PalpitatedPalpitate Pal"pi*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palpitated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Palpitating.] [L. palpitare, palpitatum, v.
intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable.]
To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to
bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to
flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is
abnormal, as from excitement. PrecipitatePrecipitate Pre*cip"i*tate, v. i.
1. To dash or fall headlong. [R.]
So many fathom down precipitating. --Shak.
2. To hasten without preparation. [R.]
3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See
Precipitate, n. PrecipitatePrecipitate Pre*cip"i*tate, a. [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of
praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See
Precipice.]
1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in
declaring war. --Clarendon.
2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done
before the time; as, a precipitate measure. ``The rapidity
of our too precipitate course.' --Landor.
3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent;
headlong.
Precipitate the furious torrent flows. --Prior.
4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a
precipitate case of disease. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. PrecipitatePrecipitate Pre*cip"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or
height.
She and her horse had been precipitated to the
pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving.
2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause
to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as,
precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover.
If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs,
and prove dangerous. --Bacon.
3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in
the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor
when in solution with alcohol.
The light vapor of the preceding evening had been
precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving. PrecipitatedPrecipitate Pre*cip"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or
height.
She and her horse had been precipitated to the
pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving.
2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause
to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as,
precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover.
If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs,
and prove dangerous. --Bacon.
3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in
the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor
when in solution with alcohol.
The light vapor of the preceding evening had been
precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving. Precipitately
Precipitately Pre*cip"i*tate*ly, adv.
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. --Swift.
Red precipitate Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. StipitateStipitate Stip"i*tate, a. [NL. stipitatus, from L. stipes,
gen. stipitis, a stock. See Stipe.] (Bot.)
Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of
most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.
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