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Decrepitate

Decrepitate Meaning & Definition
Decrepitate Definition And Meaning

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

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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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