Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Decrepitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. i.
To crackle, as salt in roasting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decrepitate
v 1: undergo decrepitation
2: to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until
crackling stops; of salts
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