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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preceptive  \Pre*cep"tive\,  a.  [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. 

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