PRECISIVE

Meaning of PRECISIVE in English

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

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PRECISIVE — -ˈsīsiv, -īziv adjective Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin praecisus + English -ive; in sense 2, from precis ion (I) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECISIVE — ( a. ) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECISIVE — precisive 1 /pri suy"siv/ , adj. separating or distinguishing (a person or thing) from another or others: precisive imputation of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECISIVE — adj cutting off; (logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive …
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