accurate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AC'CURATE, adjective [Latin accuratus.] 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.
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