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Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately. They leave their little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. J. Philips. Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. Pope.

With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner. Milton.

The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.

Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. Clarendon.

In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian. Shak.

One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness. Hammond.

Precipitous. [Obs.] -- Prec`i*pi"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

Capable of being propitiated.

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.

ppeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

One who propitiates or appeases.

By way of propitiation.

Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp.

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching. I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer.

Placed in a pulpit. [R.] Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton.

One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell. We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson.