About The Word Decrepitate
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Decrepitate
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What's The Definition Of Decrepitate?
[v] to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; of salts
[v] undergo decrepitation Synonyms | Synonyms for Decrepitate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Decrepitate: Decrepitate In Webster's Dictionary \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
\De*crep"i*tate\, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting. |
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