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precent |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Precent \Pre"cent\, n. [L. praeceptum from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf F. pr['e]cepte. See {Pre-}, and {Capacious}.] 1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii. 10. No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden. 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. --Burrill. Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule direction; principle; maxim. See {Doctrine}.
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