Precise

pre-sis', a. Not loose, vague, uncertain, or equivocal, either in thought or expre ion; exce ively nice; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; accurate; exact; definite; punctilious; formal; finical. [OF. p7-ecis, fern, precise, L. p7-secisus, brief, concise, p. p. of prsecidere, to cut off in front, cut off, prse and csedere, to cut.] — Precisely, adv. In a precise manner exactly accurately with exce of formality. — Precise''ne , n. — Precisian, -sizh'an, n. A person rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; formalist.—Precisianism, -sizh' an-izm, n. Absurdly exce ive exactne . — Precis'- ion, -sizb'un, n. Quality of being precise; exact limitation; exactne ; accuracy. — Pre'cis. pra'se, n. An -abridged statement; an abstract. [F.]