Associations to the word «Praecipe»

Noun

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Wiktionary

PRAECIPE, noun. (legal) A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca