Precipitate has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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1. | The clouds thickened and it started to precipitate. | |
2. | “She speaks truly,” said Lady Ashton, “it WAS I who, authorised alike by the laws of God and man, advised her, and concurred with her, to set aside an unhappy and precipitate engagement, and to annul it by the authority of Scripture itself.” |