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Ex*ac"tion (?), 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.

Take away your exactions from my people.

Ezek. xlv. 9.

Daily new exactions are devised.

Shak.

Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials.

Bancroft.

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

Ex*act"i*tude (?), n. [Cf. F. exactitude.] The quality of being exact; exactness.

Ex*act"ly, adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak.

His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required.

Bancroft.

Ex*act"ness, n. 1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of judgement or deportment.

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

He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary.

Macaulay.

Ex*act"or (?), 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.

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Ex*act"ress (?), n. [Cf. L. exactrix.] A woman who is an exactor. [R.] B. Jonson.

Ex*ac"u*ate (?), v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion (#), n. [Obs.]

||Ex*ær"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.&?; a taking away.] (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Ex*ag"ger*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus , p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ] 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]." Sir M. Hale.

2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues.

Addison.

Ex*ag"ger*a`ted (?), a. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.

Ex*ag"ger*a`ting (?) a. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv.

Ex*ag`ger*a"tion (?), n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exagération.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.