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PRECLU'SIVE, a. Shutting out, or tending to preclude; hindering by previous obst...
PRECLU'SION, n. s as z. The act of shutting out or preventing from access or pos...
PRECLU'DING, ppr. Shutting out; preventing from access or possession or from hav...
PRECLU'DED, pp. Hindered from entering or enjoyment; debarred from something by ...
PRECLU'DE, v.t. [L. proecludo; proe, before, and cludo, claudo, to shut.] 1. To ...
PRECI'SIVE, a. Exactly limiting by separating what is not relative to the purpos...
PRECI'SION, n. s as z. [L. proecisio.] Exact limitation; exactness; accuracy. Pr...
PRECI'SIANISM, n. Excessive exactness; superstitious rigor. [These two words are...
PRECI'SIAN, n. s as z. One that limits or restrains. 1. One who is rigidly or ce...
PRECI'SENESS, n. Exactness; rigid nicety; as the preciseness of words or express...
PRECI'SELY, adv. Exactly; nicely; accurately; in exact conformity to truth or to...
PRECI'SE, a. [L. proecisus, from proecido, to cut off; proe and coedo; literally...
PRECIP'TANCY, n. [from precipitant.] Headlong hurry; rash haste; haste in resolv...
PRECIP'ITOUSNESS, n. Steepness of descent. 1. Rash haste.
PRECIP'ITOUSLY, adv. With steep descent; in violent haste.
PRECIP'ITOUS, a. [L. proeceps.] Very steep; as a precipitous cliff or mountain. ...