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precisive

1

[ pri-sahy-siv ]

adjective

  1. separating or distinguishing (a person or thing) from another or others:

    precisive imputation of guilt.



precisive

2

[ pri-sahy-siv ]

adjective

  1. characterized by accuracy or exactness:

    a precisive method of expressing oneself.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of precisive1

1670–80; < Latin ī ( us ) ( precise ) + -ive

Origin of precisive2

First recorded in 1800–10; precis(ion) + -ive
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Don Mullally contributed the play and Lillian Foster, trained in Western stock companies, provided her precisive technical ability and brilliant personality.

Father caught it from her hand, and going to the window, read aloud in slow, precisive accents of astonishment:—

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