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▪ I. † ˈprecipe Obs.
Pl. pre- (præ-) cipes, -ees, -ies.
[ad. L. præcipēs, -cip- (Plaut.), variant of præceps, -cipit- adj. headlong, precipitous, n. a precipice; f. præ before, in front + caput, -it- head.
Chiefly in pl., which may have been meant for the L. pl. præcipēs; thence, perh., a sing. (? pre-ci-pe) was formed.]
An abrupt or steep descent; a precipice.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 26 Up to the fixed Starres their course they take, Now clime: now, by steep Præcipies descend. a1639Wotton in Reliq. (1651) 9 On the Dukes part, we have no such abrupt strayns and precipees as these, but a fair fluent and uniform course under both Kings. 1639S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 41 The highest ascents make the deepest precipes. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. Ded. A ij b, Full of dangerous Precipes, Rockes,..on either hand. 1656S. H. Gold. Law 15 Honours and greatness without safety is to stand on the precipe [perh. = L. in precipe] of a Precipice.
▪ II. precipe
parallel form of præcipe. |