What does "precept" mean?
Precept: No arts are without their precepts. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill. See Doctrine.
- 3.To teach by precepts. [Obs.] Bacon.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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