DECREPITATE, verb transitive [Latin To break or burst, to crackle.] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a continual bursting or crackling of the substance; as, to decrepitate salt. DECREPITATE, verb intransitive To crackle, as salts when roasting.
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