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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

My designs
Exact me in another place. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice exaction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The anemy shall not exact upon him. Ps. lxxxix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An exactor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. “A temper so exacting.” T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exactio: cf. F. exaction. ] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. exactitude. ] The quality of being exact; exactness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. “Exactly wrought.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of judgement or deportment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. exacteur. ] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. exactrix. ] A woman who is an exactor. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From NL. Hexactinellinæ, fr. Gr. "e`x six + a dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray.] (Zool.) Belonging to the Hexactinellinæ, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hex-, and Actinia. ] (Zool.) The Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + exact: cf. F. inexact. ] Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something inexact; an instance of an inexact statement, measurement, etc.; as, in two minutes the senator has produced a dozen inexactitudes. [ PJC ]

adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incorrectness; lack of exactness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not exact; inexact. [ 1913 Webster ]