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Exact
EXACT', a. egzact'. [L. exactus, from exigo, to drive; ex and ago. Gr. to drive, urge or press.]
1. Closely correct or regular; nice; accurate; conformed to rule; as a man exact in his dealings.
All this, exact to rule, were brought about.
2. Precise; not different in the least. This is the exact sum or amount, or the exact time.
We have an exact model for imitation.
3. Methodical; careful; not negligent; correct; observing strict method, rule or order. This man is very exact in keeping his accounts.
4. Punctual. Every man should be exact in paying his debts when due; he should be exact in attendance on appointments.
5. Strict. We should be exact in the performance of duties.
The exactest vigilance cannot maintain a single day of unmingled innocence.
EXACT', v.t. egzact'. [L. exigo, exactum. See the Adjective.]
1. To force or compel to pay or yield; to demand or require authoritatively; to extort by means of authority or without pity or justice. It is an offense for an officer to exact illegal or unreasonable fees. It is customary for conquerors to exact tribute or contributions from conquered countries.
2. To demand or right. Princes exact obedience of their subjects. The laws of God exact obedience from all men.
3. To demand of necessity; to enforce a yielding or compliance; or to enjoin with pressing urgency.
Duty,
And justice to my father's soul, exact
This cruel piety.
EXACT', v.i. To practice extortion.
The enemy shall not exact upon him. Psa 89.
exact appears in definitions for these words:
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Abate Accuracy Accurate Accurately Accurateness Adequate Adequately Adjurer Adjust Adjusted Adjusting Afford Aludel Anacreontic Anamorphosis Artificial Balance Believe Benevolence Blunderbuss Carboncle Center Ceremonial Ceremonious Choicely Chronometer Circumstantially Cleanness Clock Close-bodied Comma Composite Concurring Conduct Congruity Conscientiousness Correct Correctly Critical Critically Criticalness Cubature Curiosity Curious Curiously Curiousness Definite Deserve Devour Disagree Disciplinarian Draw Due Duplicate Elaborate Elaborately Equilateral Exact Exaction Exactitude Exactly Exactness Exactor Exactress Excuse Exigence Exigent Exigible Express Exquisite Exquisiteness Extortion Facsimile Faithful Faithfully Fesse-point Fidelity Fine Fleece Fleeced Fleecer Formal Full Gravity Grind Gripe Hair Heliometer Hit Horn Hypercritical I Imagination Imitate Imprecision Inaccuracy Inaccurate Inadequation Incommensurability Incommensurable Incorrect Incorrectly Indistinct Inexact J Jump Just Justify Justly Justness Labor Lax Laxity Laxly Level Lich Life Literal Loose Mathematic Methodist Micrometer Minutely Minuteness Multiple Nail Neatness Negligently Negro Nice Nicely Niceness Nicety Nick Oppressive Parallel Part Particularly Pat Perfection Perfectly Pharisaicical Piston Platform Play Please Point Poller Portrait Precise Precisely Preciseness Precisian Precisianism Precision Precisive Proa Prolate Punctilio Punctilious Punctiliously Punctiliousness Punctual Punctualist Punctuality Punctually Punctualness Puritanic Purveyor Quadrate Quaint Quaintly Rack Rapaciousness Rapacity Real Rectitude Register Reglet Religious Religiously Restrain Ridicule Righteousness Rightly Rigid Rigidly Rigor Rigorous Rigorously Rigorousness Root Rotatory Rudely Same Scavage Screw Scrupulosity Scrupulously Scrupulousness Scurtinizing Seal Sensible Sequestrate Severe Severity Sharp Sharp-shooter Sharply Similar Skillfulness Sleek So South Specify Sphere Spin Square Strict Strictly Strictness Striking Superstition Superstitious Superstitiously Surd Take Tally Taxation Terrel Thrust Time Touch Trace Tringle True Trueness Truly Truth Unaccurate Uncertain Uncorrected Understanding Unexact Unexacted Unliquidated Unprecise Unpunctual Verbal Vicety Vindicate Violently Wonder World
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