Both Uses of
precept
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- ] And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character.†
Scene 1.3
- No, I went round to work, And my young mistress thus I did bespeak: 'Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy sphere; This must not be:' and then I precepts gave her, That she should lock herself from his resort, Admit no messengers, receive no tokens.†
Scene 2.2 *
Definition:
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(precept) a rule for behavior -- especially a shared moral doctrine