Found 2 items, similar to decrepitate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: decrepitate decrepitate v 1: undergo decrepitation and crackle; “The salt decrepitated” 2: to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; “decrepitate salts”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Decrepitate Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F. d['e]cr['e]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. [1913 Webster] Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting. [1913 Webster]