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decrepitate

dec·re·pi·tate

UK/dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

undergo decrepitation and crackle

  • “The salt decrepitated”
2.

to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops

  • “decrepitate salts”

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcrepitātus, perfect passive participle of dēcrepitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē- + crepitō.

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