Decrepitate

//dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire. transitive

    "so will it come to pass in a pot of salt, although decrepitated; and so also in a pot of Snow."

  2. 2
    to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops wordnet
  3. 3
    Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles. intransitive

    "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."

  4. 4
    undergo decrepitation and crackle wordnet

Etymology

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

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