Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to precept
Participle: precepted
Gerund: precepting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | precept |
| you | precept |
| he;she;it | precepts |
| we | precept |
| you | precept |
| they | precept |
Perfect
| I | have precepted |
| you | have precepted |
| he;she;it | has precepted |
| we | have precepted |
| you | have precepted |
| they | have precepted |
Past
| I | precepted |
| you | precepted |
| he;she;it | precepted |
| we | precepted |
| you | precepted |
| they | precepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had precepted |
| you | had precepted |
| he;she;it | had precepted |
| we | had precepted |
| you | had precepted |
| they | had precepted |
Future
| I | will precept |
| you | will precept |
| he;she;it | will precept |
| we | will precept |
| you | will precept |
| they | will precept |
Future Perfect
| I | will have precepted |
| you | will have precepted |
| he;she;it | will have precepted |
| we | will have precepted |
| you | will have precepted |
| they | will have precepted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | precept |
| you | precept |
| he;she;it | precept |
| we | precept |
| you | precept |
| they | precept |
Perfect
| I | have precepted |
| you | have precepted |
| he;she;it | have precepted |
| we | have precepted |
| you | have precepted |
| they | have precepted |
Imperfect
| I | precepted |
| you | precepted |
| he;she;it | precepted |
| we | precepted |
| you | precepted |
| they | precepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had precepted |
| you | had precepted |
| he;she;it | had precepted |
| we | had precepted |
| you | had precepted |
| they | had precepted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would precept |
| you | would precept |
| he;she;it | would precept |
| we | would precept |
| you | would precept |
| they | would precept |
Perfect
| I | would have precepted |
| you | would have precepted |
| he;she;it | would have precepted |
| we | would have precepted |
| you | would have precepted |
| they | would have precepted |
Imperative
| you | precept |
| we | Let's precept |
| you | precept |
Verbs conjugated like 'precept'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'precept'
pre-empt,
precast,
precede,
precel,
precess,
precoat,
precut,
preempt,
preëmpt,
preheat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from L. præceptum "maxim, rule, order," prop. neuter pp. of præcipere "give rules to, order, advise," lit. "take beforehand," from præ- "before" + capere (pp. captus) "to take" (see capable).
2. Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”).
Sample Sentences
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[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. [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 the 11th in Order, a Part thereof.”, in Robert Stephens, compiler, edited by [John Lockyer], Letters and Remains of the Lord Chancellor Bacon, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, published 1734, →OCLC, page 411:]