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decrepitate

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11 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acdeeeiprttStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops

Word origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcrepitātus, perfect passive participle of dēcrepitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē- + crepitō.

Used in a sentence

  • so will it come to pass in a pot of salt, although decrepitated; and so also in a pot of Snow.
  • It is, however, remarkable, that the greater number of bodies which decrepitate, are really anhydrous and fixed, such as sulphate of potash, sulphate of barytes, chloride of sodium, &c.

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