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Preceptive

Preceptive \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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preceptive

a. 1 (context legal English) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts 2 instructive; didactic

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Now there are three kinds of sentence - interlocutory, definitive, and preceptive.