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verb
To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
undergo decrepitation and crackle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcrepitātus, perfect passive participle of dēcrepitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē- + crepitō.
