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strict \strict\, a. compar. stricter; superl. strictest.
   l. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to
   strain. see strain, and cf. strait, a.
   1. strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a
      strict ligature. --dryden.
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   2. tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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   3. exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep
      strict watch; to pay strict attention. --shak.
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            it shall be still in strictest measure. --milton.
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   4. governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact
      rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the
      sabbath. "through the strict senteries." --milton.
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   5. rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;
      restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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   6. bot. upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the
      shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
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   syn: exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.

   usage: strict, severe. strict, applied to a person,
          denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a
          principle or code by which he is bound; severe is
          strict with an implication often, but not always, of
          harshness. strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed
          to gentle.
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                and rules as strict his labored work confine,
                as if the stagirite o'erlooked each line.
                                                  --pope.
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                soon moved with touch of blame, thus eve: 
                "what words have passed thy lips, adam severe"
                                                  --milton.
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   the strict observance, or friars of the strict
   observance. r. c. ch. see observance.
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see also:
stricter strictest strain strait strict severe 
the strict observance friars of the strict observance observance 

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