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Exact

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

(3):

(a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.

(4):

(a.) Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

(5):

(v. i.) To practice exaction.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exact'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exact.html. 1828.