English Dictionary

precept

/ˈpɹiːsɛpt/

verb

(intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice. / (transitive, obsolete) To teach (something) by precepts.

He precepts the students on proper laboratory procedures.

意味（1）

(intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) 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 election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.