accurate,a.|ˈækjʊərət|[ad.L. accūrāt-us performed with care, exact,pa.pple.of accūrā-re to apply care to;f.ac-=ad- to + cūrā-re to care for;f.cūra care.]In Latin only said of things, but inEng.extended in sense 2 to persons.†1.Executed with care; careful. Obs.in the general sense.1621BurtonAnat.Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1676) 176/1Those acurat diaries of Portugals, Hollanders, etc.1650VennerVia Recta 224An Accurate Diet is that when a man taketh his meats in a certaine measure, order, and number.1675Art of Contentm. ix. §11. 228Finally his[Christ's]life expiring amidst the full sense of these accurate torments.1738Lond.& Country Brewer iii. (1743) 242Such Drink always remains so, notwithstanding their most accurate Attempts to the contrary.2.Of things and persons: Exact, precise, correct, as the result of care.1612BrinsleyLud. Liter. xx. 242 (1627)They might come in time to be as accurate in writing Greeke for the stile and composition, as in Latine.1684–5BoyleHist.Min.Waters 68The accuratest way, I know, is by comparing the differing weights that the same sinking Body has in common Water, and in the Liquor propos'd.1794SullivanView ofNat.I. 89[He]discovers a very accurate knowledge of mineralogy.1824DibdinLibr.Comp.110Executed by one of the most accurate and learned printers of the age.3.Of things, without special reference to the evidence of care: Exact, precise, correct, nice; in exact conformity to a standard or to truth.1651HobbesGov.&Soc.xvii. §12. 308The accurate and proper signification (i.e.) the definition of those names.1660H. MoreMyst.Godl. vii. xvii. 359By how much accurater their Predictions are, by so much the more cause of suspicion.1756BurkeIntrod.Subl. & B.Wks.I. 97The term taste, like all other figurative terms, is not extremely accurate.1850LynchTheoph. Trinal i. 17Accurate thought on definite subjects can alone give freedom and variety to general meditations.Mod.I am afraid that the solution of the problem is not quite accurate.