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Webster 1913 Edition


Precisive

Pre-ci′sive

,
Adj.
Cutting off;
(Logic)
exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose;
as,
precisive
censure;
precisive
abstraction.
I. Watts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Precisive

PRECI'SIVE

,
Adj.
Exactly limiting by separating what is not relative to the purpose; as precisive abstraction.

Definition 2024


precisive

precisive

English

Adjective

precisive (comparative more precisive, superlative most precisive)

  1. Cutting off.
  2. (logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose.
    precisive censure
    precisive abstraction

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References

  • precisive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913