Definitions for: Decrepitate


[v] to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; of salts
[v] undergo decrepitation



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: alter, change

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