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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exact \Ex*act"\, v. i. To practice exaction. [R.] The anemy shall not exact upon him --Ps. lxxxix 22. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exact \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exact \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exact adj 1: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" [ant: {inexact}] 2: exact in performance or amount; strictly correct; "a precise instrument"; "a precise measurement" [syn: {accurate}, {precise}] v 1: claim as due or just "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: {demand}] 2: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: {claim}, {take}, {call for}]
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