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Definition of exact

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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..

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Rocking-stone :: Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force..

Close-bodied :: Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment..

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Literalist :: Literalist (n.) One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Truly :: Truly (adv.) Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence..

Nice :: Nice (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..

Minutely :: Minutely (adv.) In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.

Exacting :: Exacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exac.

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent..

Pressing :: Pressing (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity..

Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..

Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers..

Blunderbuss :: Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim..

Puncticular :: Puncticular (a.) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact..

Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.

Curiousness :: Curiousness (n.) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.

Inaccurate :: Inaccurate (a.) Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc..

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture..

Jump :: Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.