English-Thai Dictionary
decrepitate
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECREPITATE
v.t.[L. To break or burst, to crackle. ] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a continual bursting or crackling of the substance; as, to decrepitate salt.
DECREPITATE
v.i.To crackle, as salts when roasting.
DECREPITATED
pp. Roasted with a crackling noise.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECREPITATE
De *crep "i *tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decrepitating. ] Etym: [Cf. F. décrépiter.]
Defn: To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
DECREPITATE
DECREPITATE De *crep "i *tate, v. i.
Defn: To crackle, as salt in roasting.
New American Oxford Dictionary
decrepitate
de crep i tate |diˈkrəpiˌtāt diˈkrəpəteɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] technical (of a crystal or an inclusion of something within a crystal ) disintegrate audibly when heated. DERIVATIVES de crep i ta tion |-ˌkrepiˈtāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from de- ‘away ’ + Latin crepitat- ‘crackled, ’ from the verb crepitare, frequentative of crepare ‘rattle ’ (see decrepit ).
Oxford Dictionary
decrepitate
decrepitate |dɪˈkrɛpɪteɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] technical (of a solid, especially a crystal ) disintegrate audibly when heated. DERIVATIVES decrepitation |-ˈteɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from de- ‘away ’ + Latin crepitat- ‘crackled ’, from the verb crepitare, frequentative of crepare ‘rattle ’ (see decrepit ).
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