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precipe

precipe is the alternative form of praecipe.

Meaning of praecipe

Noun

praecipe (plural praecipes)

  1. A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
  2. A request to a court to issue process.

Forms of precipe

pluralprecipes

Questions about precipe

What is precipe the alternative form of?
Precipe is the alternative form of praecipe.

Words near precipe in the dictionary

  1. preciousest
  2. preciously
  3. preciousness
  4. preciousnesses
  5. precip
  6. precipe
  7. precipes
  8. precipice
  9. precipice bond
  10. precipice bonds
  11. precipiced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precipe (page history and authors); praecipe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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