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accurate, a.|ˈækjʊərət|
[ad. L. accūrāt-us performed with care, exact, pa. pple. of accūrā-re to apply care to; f. ac- = ad- to + cūrā-re to care for; f. cūra care.]
In Latin only said of things, but in Eng. extended in sense 2 to persons.
†1. Executed with care; careful. Obs. in the general sense.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1676) 176/1 Those acurat diaries of Portugals, Hollanders, etc. 1650Venner Via Recta 224 An Accurate Diet is that when a man taketh his meats in a certaine measure, order, and number. 1675Art of Contentm. ix. §11. 228 Finally his [Christ's] life expiring amidst the full sense of these accurate torments. 1738Lond. & Country Brewer iii. (1743) 242 Such Drink always remains so, notwithstanding their most accurate Attempts to the contrary.
2. Of things and persons: Exact, precise, correct, as the result of care.
1612Brinsley Lud. Liter. xx. 242 (1627) They might come in time to be as accurate in writing Greeke for the stile and composition, as in Latine. 1684–5Boyle Hist. Min. Waters 68 The accuratest way, I know, is by comparing the differing weights that the same sinking Body has in common Water, and in the Liquor propos'd. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. I. 89 [He] discovers a very accurate knowledge of mineralogy. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 110 Executed by one of the most accurate and learned printers of the age.
3. Of things, without special reference to the evidence of care: Exact, precise, correct, nice; in exact conformity to a standard or to truth.
1651Hobbes Gov. & Soc. xvii. §12. 308 The accurate and proper signification (i.e.) the definition of those names. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. vii. xvii. 359 By how much accurater their Predictions are, by so much the more cause of suspicion. 1756Burke Introd. Subl. & B. Wks. I. 97 The term taste, like all other figurative terms, is not extremely accurate. 1850Lynch Theoph. Trinal i. 17 Accurate thought on definite subjects can alone give freedom and variety to general meditations. Mod. I am afraid that the solution of the problem is not quite accurate. |