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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

precise
     adj 1: sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind";
            "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise
            moment" [ant: imprecise]
     2: exact in performance or amount; strictly correct; "a precise
        instrument"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
   p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
   before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. Concise.]
   1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
      or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
      as, precise rules of morality.

            The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon.

            For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
      exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
      ceremonious. --Addison.

            He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak.

   Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
        punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
        -- Pre*cise"ly, adv. -- Pre*cise"ness, n.