precipitativeadj.
/prᵻˈsɪpᵻtətɪv/, /prᵻˈsɪpᵻˌteɪtɪv/, U.S. /priˈsɪpəˌteɪdɪv/, /prəˈsɪpəˌteɪdɪv/ Causing precipitation; involving or marked by precipitation.
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1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. II. 168 Then inundations, rolling fiery floods, As from o'er-spewing cauldrons, foaming filth, Precipitative o'er the structures urge, In sulph'rous stench.
1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 26 The Earths, then constitutively forming, the respective, heavy metallous,..the precipitative cretaceous, the swimative marine,..and the highly volatile spirituous, Salts.
1883 A. Winchell World-life (1889) ii. iv. 491 The precipitative tendencies of tidal action may exceed those resulting from resistances encountered in planetary space.
1934 Proc. Royal Soc. 1933–4 B. 114 527 Another indication of the specificity of the reaction is afforded by the negative results of precipitative tests with antisera against six other water strains.
1961 Phylon 22 214 My second external factor in the growth of African nationalism, the precipitative agency of a person originally alien to a particular society.
1988 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 46 415 Perhaps it was precipitative of me to rush to the conclusion.
2004 Building & Environment 39 1508/1 Summers are arid and very hot while winters are quite cold and precipitative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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