accurateadj.

1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise f. 10^v Ane mair acurat vark.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth xxi. 148 Goe then thou wise scholler of experience, and make a more acurate search for that which hee sought and missed.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 351 Those acurat diaries of Portingalls, Hollanders,..&c.

1650 T. Venner Via Recta 224 An Accurate Diet is that when a man taketh his meats in a certaine measure, order, and number.

1738 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer III. xviii. 81 Such Drink always remains so, notwithstanding their most accurate Attemps to the contrary.

1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister (at cited word) Accurate, cunning.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 242 They might come in time, to be as accurate in writing Greeke for the stile and composition, as in the Latine.

1772 J. C. Lettsom Nat. Hist. Tea-tree i. 3 In a flower I received from that accurate naturalist J. Ellis, F.R.S. etc., I counted upwards of 280 filaments.

1774 Ann. Reg., Misc. 193/1 If I am not very accurate in my steerage, I am sure to tumble over a pail.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 110 Executed by one of the most accurate and learned printers of the age.

1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon iv. 242 Scaliger is an accurate and satisfactory correspondent: replying himself to each topic started in the letter he is answering.

1928 G. W. Hendy Lure of Bird Watching 240 Clare, though in many ways an accurate observer, nodded when he made his ‘little trotty wagtail’ stoop to get a worm.

1956 M. Moore Let. 9 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 528 ‘Nicey nice’ is perfect. How accurate you are, Elizabeth. That is just how I have felt.

2010 Independent (Nexis) 12 Mar. 46 He was also an exceptional, swift and accurate draughtsman.

a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 376 Sciences..gif they haue ane glorious subject, they ar accounted heich and accurate sciences.

1606 H. Holland tr. R. Rollock Treat. Gods Effectual Calling xxii. 112 The vulgar Latine edition is not accurate; neither doth it agree with the originall the Hebrue text.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xvii. §12. 308 The accurate and proper signification (i.e.) the definition of those names.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. xvii. 359 By how much accurater their Predictions are, by so much the more cause of suspicion.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Calippic Period it self is not accurate;..it does not bring the New and Full Moons precisely to their Places, but brings 'em too late by a whole Day in 553 Years.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) Introd. 4 The term Taste, like all other figurative terms, is not extremely accurate.

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal i. 17 Accurate thought on definite subjects can alone give freedom and variety to general meditations.

1881 Proc. London Math. Soc. 11 75 If we suppose the chain to be heterogeneous, we may obtain an accurate solution of the equations.

1909 Classical Jrnl. 4 196 A well-preserved Roman sandal gives an accurate idea of the ancient footwear.

1942 S. Glasstone Introd. Electrochem. vi. 114 Although the Hittorf method is simple in principle, accurate results are difficult to obtain.

2010 New Scientist 6 Mar. 42/2 These techniques are probably not a very effective way of gaining accurate information.

1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes Pref. p. xii Those autorities which I haue designed and brought..out of such both Printed and Manuscript Annalls, Histories, Councels, Chartularies, Laws, Lawiers, & Records only as were to be vsd in the most accurat way of search that might furnish for the subiect.

1676 E. Halley Let. 8 July in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1986) XII. 368 Large and accurate Instruments, sufficient to make a good catalogue of those starrs.

1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 2) i. iv. 28 According to my own Observations made with..a very accurate Pendulum Chronometer.

1779 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 9 Feb. Her improved and accurate method of obtaining the most perfect likenesses in one minute.

1845 J. P. Joule in London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 26 206 The increase of the temperature of the water was ascertained by means of a very sensible and accurate thermometer.

1884 Folio Nov. 182/1 He possesses a magnetic touch, facile and accurate technique,..and all in all an animated style of playing.

1913 Appleton's New Pract. Cycl. II. 110/1 Accuracy in roqueting, for which an accurate eye and trained hand are indispensable.

1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) II. xxxvii. 932/1 The roentgenographic and dilution methods that are used to measure this residual volume are not very accurate.

1992 Alabama Game & Fish Feb. 16/1 A firearm that hasn't been cleaned is not an accurate weapon, let alone a safe one.