- Cause to happen - Hasten occurrence of - Make happen - Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in
declaring war. - Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or
done before the time; as, a precipitate measure. - Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent;
headlong. - Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a
precipitate case of disease.