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of Horace, II. i. 53. 2. Exactly stated, defined, marked off, or measured, etc.; strictly expre ed, stated, etc. John Villani has given us an ample and precise account of the state of Florence in the early part of the fourteenth century. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. Not a Christian thought exists which must go outside of the English tongue for a clear, precise , forcible utter A. Phelps , English Style, p. 55. precise ance. The distinct is that which is so precise and different from all other objects as to comprehend in itself only what is clear. Veitch , Introd. to Des cartes's Method, p. lv. 3. Being just what it purports or is alleged to be, and not something else; particular.