Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops, (Meteorol.) a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions, Condensed water falling from a cloud, verb_ precipitate as rain, transitive verb_ To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner, To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds, intransitive verb_ To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative, To release rain, To give abundantly; shower