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Definition of 'Exacted'

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  • 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. [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]

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