| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb decrepitate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (decrepitate) | 1. Undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated".[Wordnet]. 2. To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts".[Wordnet]. 3. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.[Websters]. 4. To crackle, as salt in roasting.[Websters]. 5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: decrepitating, decrepitated, decrepitates, decrepitater, decrepitaters, decrepitatingly and decrepitatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DECREPITATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DECREPITATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Crackling; roasting with a crackling noise; suddenly bursting when exposed to heat. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
