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Well, sir, and what did you say? Fag. O, I lied, sir - I forget the precise lie; but you may depend on 't he got no truth from me. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. 4. Containing or committing no error: as, a precise measurement; measuring or reckoning with extreme exactne , so as to reduce the er rors in an unusual degree: as, a precise instru ment or operator.-5. Exact in conduct or requirements; strict; punctilious; expre ; formal; over-exact or over-scrupulous; prim; precisian; also, conformed to over-scrupulous requirements. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak., M. for M., i. 2. 76. IMG:content-0824.png:[blocks in formation] The extravagance of the Independent preachers in the camp, the precise garb, the severe countenance, the petty scruples, the affected accent, which marked the Puritans. Macaulay , Hist. Eng. 6t. Specifically, Puritan; puritanical. A sort of sober, scurvy, precise neighbours, That scarce have smiled twice since the king came in. B. Jonson , Alchemist, i. 1. My fine precise artisan, that shuns a tavern as the devil doth a cro , is as often drunk as the rankest. His language doth not savour of the pot; he swears not, but "indeed!" But trust him, and he will cozen you to your face. Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 445. 7. In logic , containing nothing superfluous. The definition should be precise : that is, contain nothing une ential, nothing superfluous. Sir W. Hamilton , Logic, xxiv. = Syn. 1. Accurate , Correct , Exact , etc. (see accurate ), distinct, expre . 5. Stiff, ceremonious. preciset (pre-sīs'), adv . [ precise , a.] Precisely; exactly. Sum follow so precyse A learned man that of tenty mes They imitate his vyce.