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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Precise

/prĭs-īs'/ · Pre·cise · IPA /pɹɪˈsaɪs/
01 a. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of m…
  1. 1.
    Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
    “The law in this point is not precise.” Bacon.
    “For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence.” Milton.
  2. 2.
    Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
    “He was ever precise in promise-keeping.” Shak.