Ex*act" , v. i. To practice exaction.
[R.]
The
anemy shall not exact upon him.
Ps. lxxxix. 22.
Ex*act" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacting.]
[From
L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF.
exacter. See Exact, a.]
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to
yield or to
furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; --
followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
He said into them, Exact no more than
that which is appointed you.
Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last
Dryden. My designs
Exact me in
another place.
Massinger.
Ex*act" (?), a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out,
to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F.
exact. See Agent, Act.]
1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a
fact, or the
truth; perfectly
conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock
keeps exact time; he paid the
exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact
accounts.
I took a great
pains to make out the
exact truth.
Jowett (Thucyd. )
2. Habitually careful to agree with
a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was
exact. "I see thou art
exact of taste." Milton.
3.
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact
command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason.
Shak.
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