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Webster 1913 Edition
Accurate
Ac′cu-rate
,Adj.
[L.
accuratus
, p. p. and a., fr. accurare
to take care of; ad
+ curare
to take care, cura
care. See Cure
.] 1.
In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;
as, an
accurate
calculator; an accurate
measure; accurate
expression, knowledge, etc.2.
Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
[Obs.]
Those conceive the celestial bodies have more
accurate
influences upon these things below. Bacon.
Syn. – Correct; exact; just; nice; particular.
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Accurate
, Correct
, Exact
, Precise
. We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions. Webster 1828 Edition
Accurate
AC'CURATE
,Adj.
1.
In exact conformity to truth, or to a standard or rule, or to a model; free from failure, error, or defect; as an accurate account; accurate measure; an accurate expression.2.
Determinate; precisely fixed; as, one body may not have a very accurate influence on another.3.
Close; perfectly tight; as an accurate sealing or luting.