PRECEPTIVE


Meaning of PRECEPTIVE in English

— preceptively , adv.

/pri sep"tiv/ , adj.

1. of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.

2. giving instructions; instructive.

[ 1425-75; late ME praeceptivus. See PRECEPT, -IVE ]

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