Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to precipitation; tending to precipitate.

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Examples

  • Mystical texts are therefore less descriptive of a religious event than precipitative of a religious event.

    Mystical Theology and the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy Sam Norton 2006

  • Moosa said there was no need to take hasty or precipitative action at this stage.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • His department would not like to be seen as taking a precipitative action, he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • There's no reason why the pace should be more precipitative.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Republicans must consider whether it is beneficial to take precipitative action removing the local institutions which have served to highlight to all strands of unionism that a shared future must be one premised upon equality.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Maybe, whatever these NWO fascist are discussing will be the precipitative factor to combine the world economies.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Adding to this concept, Schafer 1968, 152 concluded that “it is far from true that all crimes ‘happen’ to be committed; often the victim’s negligence, precipitative action, or provocation contributes to the genesis or performance of a crime.”

    Sexual Homicide Robert K. Ressler 1992

  • Adding to this concept, Schafer 1968, 152 concluded that “it is far from true that all crimes ‘happen’ to be committed; often the victim’s negligence, precipitative action, or provocation contributes to the genesis or performance of a crime.”

    Sexual Homicide Robert K. Ressler 1992

  • Rather than yield another tiresome lecture about what ACTUALLY led to the precipitative financial crisis in America (you and your types aren't interested in knowing what U.S.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

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