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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Decrepitate

· De·crep·i·tate · IPA /dɪˈkɹɛpɪteɪt/
01 v. t. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
imp. & p. p. Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating
  1. 1.
    To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
02 v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
  1. 1.
    To crackle, as salt in roasting.