decrepitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb undergo decrepitation and crackle
    • The salt decrepitated
  2. verb to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
    • decrepitate salts

WordNet

De*crep"i*tate transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. décrépiter.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Decrepitated; present participle & verbal noun Decrepitating
Definitions
  1. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
De*crep"i*tate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To crackle, as salt in roasting.

Webster 1913