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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf {Strait}, a.] 1. Strained; drawn close tight; as a strict embrace; a strict ligature. --Dryden. 2. Tense; not relaxed; as a strict fiber. 3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton. 4. Governed or governing by exact rules observing exact rules severe; rigorous; as very strict in observing the Sabbath. ``Through the strict senteries.'' --Milton. 5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as to understand words in a strict sense 6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close rigorous; severe. Usage: {Strict}, {Severe}. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often but not always of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle. And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line --Pope. Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: - ``What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!'' --Milton. {The Strict Observance}, or {Friars of the Strict Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See {Observance}.
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