precisive

[Eng. precis (e); -ive.] Exactly *prěç-i-pi-tious-lý, *prěç-1-pi-cio us-lý, adv . limiting, by cutting away all that is not absolutely [Eng. precipitious ; -ly.] Precipitously. "Headlong riot precipiciously will on." - Decay of Christian Piety , p. 174. prě-çip-1-to us, adj. [O. Fr. precipiteux, from Lat. præceps (gen it. præcipitis )=headlong; Sp. & Ital. precipitoso.] 1. Very steep, like a precipice. "Through a series of narrow valleys and precipitous gorges."- Field , Jan. 2, 1886. *2. Headlong; directly falling or descending. "Such a precipitous fall as they intended." -King IMG:content-1451.png:[blocks in formation] prě-clûde', v. t. [Lat. præcludo, from præbefore, and cludo =to shut.] 1. To shut out; to hinder, to stop, to impede. "To preclude his majesty from consenting to any arrangement."-Burke: Letter to Sir H. Langrishe. 2. To shut out by anticipative action; to render inoperative by anticipation; to obviate, to neutralize; to render ineffectual; to hinder or prevent the action of, acce to, or enjoyment of. "Intercourse which nearly precludes the nece ity of domestic visits." -Eustace: Italy , vol. iii., ch. xii.