(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:10:58

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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