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/dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire..
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.
That substance was called salt, because, according to some authors, it is obtained by the action of the sun (sol) on sea-water, according to others, because it decrepitates in the fire (exsilire=to crackle and spring about).
Use decrepitate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decrepitate means (transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
so will it come to pass in a pot of salt, although decrepitated; and so also in a pot of Snow.
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