Part 3992

<blockquote>Years of servise past From grateful souls <b>exact</b> reward at last <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My designs <b>Exact</b> me in another place. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exact</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice exaction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The anemy shall not <b>exact upon him</b>. <i>Ps. lxxxix. 22.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exacter</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An exactor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Exacting</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so <i>exacting</i>." <i>T. Arnold</i></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*act"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ex*act"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exaction</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*ac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exactio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exaction</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, the <ex>exaction</ex> to tribute or of obedience</as>; hence, extortion.</def>

<blockquote>Take away your <b>exactions</b> from my people. <i>Ezek. xlv. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Daily new <b>exactions</b> are devised. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Illegal <b>exactions</b> of sheriffs and officials. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.</def>

<i>Daniel.</i>

<h1>Exacritude</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*acr"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exactitude</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being exact; exactness.</def>

<h1>Exactly</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.</def> "<i>Exactly</i> wrought."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>His enemies were pleased, for he had acted <b>exactly</b> as their interests required. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exactness</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; <as>as, <ex>exactness</ex> of jurgement or deportment</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; <as>as, <ex>exactness</ex> in accounts or business</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He had . . . that sort of <b>exactness</b> which would have made him a respectable antiquary. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exactor</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

<hw>Ex*act"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>exacteur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.</def>