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precepting

precepting is the present participle and gerund of precept.

Meaning of precept

Verb

precept (third-person singular simple present precepts, present participle precepting, simple past and past participle precepted)

  1. (US, intransitive) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To teach (something) by precepts.
    • [T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth...1603 (date written), [Francis] Bacon, “Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature; with the Annotations of Hermes Stella. Chapter XI. The Chapter Immediately Following the Inventary; Being...

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Questions about precepting

What is precepting the present participle and gerund of?
Precepting is the present participle and gerund of precept.

Words near precepting in the dictionary

  1. precept
  2. precepted
  3. preceptee
  4. preceptees
  5. preceptial
  6. precepting
  7. preception
  8. preceptions
  9. preceptism
  10. preceptist
  11. preceptists

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