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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECREPITATE

From New Latin dēcrepitāre, from Latin crepitāre to crackle, from crepāre to creak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECREPITATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECREPITATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decrepitate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb decrepitate in English.

WHAT DOES DECREPITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decrepitation

Decrepitation is the noise produced when certain chemical compounds are heated. Such compounds include Lead nitrate and calcine.

Definition of decrepitate in the English dictionary

The definition of decrepitate in the dictionary is to heat until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops. Other definition of decrepitate is to crackle, as while being heated.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECREPITATE

PRESENT

Present
I decrepitate
you decrepitate
he/she/it decrepitates
we decrepitate
you decrepitate
they decrepitate
Present continuous
I am decrepitating
you are decrepitating
he/she/it is decrepitating
we are decrepitating
you are decrepitating
they are decrepitating
Present perfect
I have decrepitated
you have decrepitated
he/she/it has decrepitated
we have decrepitated
you have decrepitated
they have decrepitated
Present perfect continuous
I have been decrepitating
you have been decrepitating
he/she/it has been decrepitating
we have been decrepitating
you have been decrepitating
they have been decrepitating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I decrepitated
you decrepitated
he/she/it decrepitated
we decrepitated
you decrepitated
they decrepitated
Past continuous
I was decrepitating
you were decrepitating
he/she/it was decrepitating
we were decrepitating
you were decrepitating
they were decrepitating
Past perfect
I had decrepitated
you had decrepitated
he/she/it had decrepitated
we had decrepitated
you had decrepitated
they had decrepitated
Past perfect continuous
I had been decrepitating
you had been decrepitating
he/she/it had been decrepitating
we had been decrepitating
you had been decrepitating
they had been decrepitating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will decrepitate
you will decrepitate
he/she/it will decrepitate
we will decrepitate
you will decrepitate
they will decrepitate
Future continuous
I will be decrepitating
you will be decrepitating
he/she/it will be decrepitating
we will be decrepitating
you will be decrepitating
they will be decrepitating
Future perfect
I will have decrepitated
you will have decrepitated
he/she/it will have decrepitated
we will have decrepitated
you will have decrepitated
they will have decrepitated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been decrepitating
you will have been decrepitating
he/she/it will have been decrepitating
we will have been decrepitating
you will have been decrepitating
they will have been decrepitating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would decrepitate
you would decrepitate
he/she/it would decrepitate
we would decrepitate
you would decrepitate
they would decrepitate
Conditional continuous
I would be decrepitating
you would be decrepitating
he/she/it would be decrepitating
we would be decrepitating
you would be decrepitating
they would be decrepitating
Conditional perfect
I would have decrepitate
you would have decrepitate
he/she/it would have decrepitate
we would have decrepitate
you would have decrepitate
they would have decrepitate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been decrepitating
you would have been decrepitating
he/she/it would have been decrepitating
we would have been decrepitating
you would have been decrepitating
they would have been decrepitating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you decrepitate
we let´s decrepitate
you decrepitate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to decrepitate
Past participle
decrepitated
Present Participle
decrepitating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECREPITATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
agitate
ˈædʒɪˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
capitate
ˈkæpɪˌteɪt
crepitate
ˈkrɛpɪˌteɪt
decapitate
dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
gravitate
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
multicapitate
ˌmʌltɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
necessitate
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt
palmitate
ˈpælmɪˌteɪt
palpitate
ˈpælpɪˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
rehabilitate
ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
stipitate
ˈstɪpɪˌteɪt
triacetate
traɪˈæsɪˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECREPITATE

decreasingly
decree
decree absolute
decree nisi
decreeable
decreer
decreet
decrement
decremental
decrepit
decrepitation
decrepitly
decrepitness
decrepitude
decresc.
decrescence
decrescendo
decrescent
decretal
decretalist

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECREPITATE

cavitate
cogitate
cryoprecipitate
debilitate
delimitate
digitate
estate
excogitate
expeditate
felicitate
habilitate
incapacitate
interdigitate
militate
nobilitate
premeditate
quantitate
regurgitate
resuscitate
sanitate
suscitate

Synonyms and antonyms of decrepitate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decrepitate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECREPITATE

Find out the translation of decrepitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decrepitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decrepitate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

decrepitate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decrepitan
570 millions of speakers

English

decrepitate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decrepitate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يفقع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decrepitate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decrepitate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জরাজীর্ণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décrépitation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkurang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decrepitate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decrepitate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decrepitate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Numpuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổ lẹt đẹt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decrepitate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ateşte çatırdatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decrepitate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decrepitate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decrepitate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decrepitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θρυματίζονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decrepitate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decrepitate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decrepitate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECREPITATE»

The term «decrepitate» is used very little and occupies the 187.688 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECREPITATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decrepitate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decrepitate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decrepitate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECREPITATE»

Discover the use of decrepitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decrepitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts
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. To explain this species of anomaly, or rather inaccuracy in  ...
2
The Magazine of Popular Science and Journal of the Useful Arts
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. To explain this species of anomaly, or rather inaccuracy in  ...
3
Transactions
decrepitate. with. Heat. Additional Characters. If immersed in water it loses it transparency and is partly dissolved the same even occurs in a moil atmosphere — translucent to transps rent — brittle — taste saline and astrin gent. Deliquesces in ...
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1855
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Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Professor Ure, who adopts the latter opinion, criticises somewhat severely the former, and observes, that it is notorious, that some of those salts, which when absolutely dry, decrepitate most violently, ...
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1843
5
Works of the Cavendish Society: Gmelin, Leopold. Hand-book ...
Common salt crystallized by slow evaporation from an aqueous solution does not decrepitate ; but when crystallized by rapid boiling of the liquid it decrepitates violently. Many forms of calcspar decrepitate, others not. According to Baudrimont  ...
Cavendish Society, London, 1848
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A Manual of Determinative Mineralogy
... the intumescence and flame color, and in both, the appearance of the well fused mass. (c) Decrepitation and Crumbling. — Many minerals decrepitate B.B. and some, like fluorite, always decrepitate when heated. Decrepitation is apt to occur ...
Charles Hyde Warren, 1922
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Hand Book of Chemistry
The crystals decrepitate when heated, acquire a green colour, fuse with strong decrepitation, but are not completely decomposed even by long-continued ignition. When digested for some time with aqua-regia, they form a brown solution.
Leopold Gmelin, 1852
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Journal of the Franklin Institute
0n the flpplication of .Hntliracite for Smelling Purposes. It is only a short time since the anthracite which is obtained in the southwest of Wales has been applied to the purposes of smelting, for although it does not decrepitate so violently as that ...
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The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...
However, as they possess almost all a. crystalline structure or an easy cleavage, this structure is probably often the only cause, for they decrepitate actually without having sulfered the least apparent decomposition, as the cyanide of mercury ...
David Brewster, Richard Phillips, Richard Taylor, 1836
10
Catalyst Manufacture, Second Edition,
One of the major problems with alumina spheres is that they often decrepitate when dropped into water. "Decrepitate" refers to the breaking away of the exterior portion and the almost complete disintegration of the sphere into particulate matter ...
Alvin B. Stiles, 1995

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