Meaning of PRECEPTIVE
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| | Definition: | | \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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