a. [ L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr. accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure. ] 1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correct; exact; just; nice; particular. -- Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise. We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame. ] To tame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Curé ] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

All this the good old man performed alone,
He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A curacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd.

Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inaccurate. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inaccuracy. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]