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accurate
1610s, "done with care," from L.
accuratus
"prepared with care, exact," pp. of
accurare
"take care of," from
ad-
"to" +
curare
"take care of" (see
cure
). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1650s). Related:
Accuracy
.
