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   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.]
   Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
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   Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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   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.
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   Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. “Through the strict senteries.” 
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   Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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   (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. -- 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!”
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   The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
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