Lexic.us

Definition of Decrepitate

1. Verb. Undergo decrepitation and crackle. "The salt decrepitated"

2. Verb. To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops. "Decrepitate salts"

Definition of Decrepitate

1. v. t. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.

2. v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.

Definition of Decrepitate

1. Verb. (transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decrepitate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrepitate

decrement decremental decremental conduction decrementation decremented decrementing decrements decreolization decreolizations decreolize

decreolized decreolizes decreolizing decrepid decrepit decrepitate (current term) decrepitated decrepitates decrepitating decrepitation

decrepitations decrepitaton decrepitatons decrepitly decrepitness decrepitude decrepitudes decrepity decrescendi decrescendo

Literary usage of Decrepitate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"The crystals decrepitate strongly when heated. Tests.—-A solution of potassium sulphate should be unaffected by treatment with hydrogen sulphide or ammonium ..."

2. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (1904)
"The crystals decrepitate strongly when heated. Tests.—A solution of potassium sulphate should be unaffected by treatment with hydrogen sulphide or ammonium ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"decrepitate (de-krep'i-tat), ! ... see decrepitate.] The act of snapping or bursting with a crackling noise on being heated, or the crackling noise, ..."

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