Decrepitate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Decrepitate is a verb meaning (transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
Meaning
(transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.
Example Sentences
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).
Word Forms
- decrepitates
- decrepitating
- decrepitated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crisp, crumble, crispify, decalesce, decrust, crack.
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