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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Preceptive

· Pre·cep·tive · IPA
01 a. Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.
  1. 1.
    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.