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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praeceptivus

Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic;

as, the

preceptive

parts of the Scriptures

The lesson given us here is

preceptive

to us.

L’Estrange.

Adj.

[L. proeceptivus.] Giving precepts or commands for the regulation of moral conduct; containing precepts; as the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.

Directing in moral conduct; giving rules or directions; didactic.

The lesson given us here is preceptive to us.

Preceptive poetry.