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decrepitate Definition


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decrepitate
verb decrepitated, decrepitating
    intr
    1. To crackle, as salts do when heated.
    2. To roast something so as to cause a continual crackling; to calcine.
Derivative: decrepitation
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from de- 3 + Latin crepitare to rattle.



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