n. [ L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf. F. précepte. See Pre-, and Capacious. ]
For precept must be upon precept. Isa. xxviii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
No arts are without their precepts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To teach by precepts. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Preceptive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Passion ] would give preceptial medicine to rage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praeceptio. ] A precept. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praeceptivus. ] Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic;
The lesson given us here is preceptive to us. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praeceptor, fr. praecipere to teach: cf. F. précepteur. See Precept. ]
a. Of or pertaining to a preceptor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Preceptive. “A law preceptory.” Anderson (1573). [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher. [ 1913 Webster ]