‖n. [ F. See Precise. ] A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make a precis of. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. précis. Cf. Concise. ]
The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
For the hour precise
Exacts our parting hence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A precisian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. précision, L. praecisio a cutting off. See Precise. ] The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose;