DECREPITATE


Meaning of DECREPITATE in English

v.

1. tr. roast or calcine (a mineral or salt) until it stops crackling.

2 intr. crackle under heat.

Derivatives:

decrepitation n.

Etymology: prob. mod.L decrepitare f. DE- + L crepitare crackle

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.