exactadj.1
/ᵻɡˈzakt/, /ɛɡˈzakt/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæk(t)/, /ɛɡˈzæk(t)/ I. Perfected, consummate, ‘finished’.† 1. Of qualities, conditions, attainments, etc.: Consummate, finished, refined, perfect. Rarely in bad sense. Obsolete.Expressions like ‘exact taste’ have a mixed notion of sense 5b, to which the later instances should perhaps be referred.† 2. Of persons: Highly skilled, accomplished, (in taste) refined. Obsolete.† 3. Of material objects: Highly wrought, elaborate. Of buildings, etc.: Well-designed. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed
fullfremedOE
fulfilled1340
accomplished?1526
consummatea1527
perfected1552
consummated1565
fined1571
finished1582
full-summed1588
exact1633
completed1661
teleiotic1705
complete1731
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > perfect and complete
accomplisheda1460
complete1526
qualified1592
consummate1603
exact1633
finished1710
1633 G. Herbert Providence in Temple viii We all acknowledge both thy power and love To be exact, transcendent, and divine.
a1659 F. Osborne Queries Epist. (1673) S s iv b The imployment of Children in their exactest Innocencie, being to make Houses and raise Pies of Dirt.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B2v The hearing is most exact in the hare.
1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 123 They..pursued..their Redeemer with..exact Bitterness.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 184/2 Certain Indians, whose exacter Education he was desirous of.
1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 203 Every Feature so exact and uniform..that I was amaz'd.
1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 327 A man..of an excellent understanding, and an exact taste.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed
wiseOE
perfectc1350
expertc1374
pertc1390
complete1526
flesh-bred1548
exact1589
proficienta1593
traded1609
well (better, best) verseda1610
made-upa1616
thorough-paceda1628
elementeda1661
peevish1673
adept1698
finished1710
nap1862
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. J. Bale in Princ. Navigations i. 14 Baldwine a Deuonshire man..was a very eloquent man, an exact Philosopher.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaa2v/1 A Lady of your youth..a most exact Lady, may doe all this Out of a vertuous love.
a1655 R. Robinson Christ All (1656) 80 Christ, he is as exact in all spiritual diseases as he is in any disease.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1017 Eve, now I see thou art exact of taste. View more context for this quotation
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 275 Two sew'rs..Exact of taste.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > artistically executed or ornamented
wrought1455
elaborated1596
conceited1598
elaborate1621
wroughted1656
exact1667
high-wrought1684
inextricable1692
worked1696
fancied1709
high-finished1744
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 477 Smallest Lineaments exact In all the Liveries dect of Summers pride. View more context for this quotation
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 89 A very Exact house and gardens.
II. Precise, rigorous, accurate.† 9. As adv. = exactly adv. Obsolete.
4. Of law and its administration, rules, order, procedure, etc.: Admitting of no deviation, precise, rigorous. †Of diet: Strictly regulated.
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society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > strict or severe (of rules, judgement, or discipline)
strongeOE
starkc1175
sharpa1340
strait1390
unrelaxed1508
exacta1538
severe1562
strict1578
weightya1616
stringent1846
ramrod1850
medieval1917
tough1961
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 36 Hyt was not possybul sodeynly, by exacte law & pollycy to bryng such a rude multytude to perfayt cyvylyte.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ii. 50 Obserueth in working a most exact order or lawe.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 355 The Patient..may protract a miserable Life with an exact thin Diet of Whey, Broths, [etc].
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 296 Here there is the exactest Uniformity.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iii. 414 The troops were kept in such exact discipline, that the people..remained in their houses.
1858 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 397/1 Eloquence..rests on laws the most exact and determinate.
5.
a. Of actions, processes, investigations, knowledge, etc.: Accurate in detail, strict, rigorous.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > strict, rigorous
just1490
nicea1522
point-devicea1529
exact1533
narrow1551
rigorousa1564
point-vice1574
curious1614
rigid?1626
hard1690
strict1749
deadly1909
1533 T. More Apol. i, in Wks. 845/2 Suche exacte cyrcumspeccion..to be by me vsed in my wryting.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 6v There nedeth..an exacter diligence.
1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 244. III. 81 How waire judgis should be in trusting accusations withoute an exacte tryall.
1658 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 324 That Tho. Johnson and Robt Chilton doe take an exact veiw of all the leads about the church.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 549 Folding it with the exactest care.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 15 He gave her..an exact acquaintance with every part of elegant literature.
1857 C. Dickens Let. 13 July (1995) VIII. 376 I shall act upon it in the most exact manner.
1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 337 [Boyle] was the first who instituted exact experiments into the relation between colour and heat.
b. Of persons or their faculties: Characterized by accuracy of knowledge, observation, statement, workmanship, conduct, etc. Of a judge, etc.: Strict, rigorous.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective] > correct in procedure, operation, etc.
just?1556
curiousa1592
exact1597
punctual1620
correct1705
1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 1v Reading maketh a full man, conference a readye man, and writing an exacte man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 153 Call me before th'exactest Auditors, And set me on the proofe. View more context for this quotation
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxliii. 2 Paraphr.) 690 To appear with hope or comfort before thine exact tribunal.
1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 148 Mezeray is the exacter Writer.
1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) i. 34 I..have followed, our most exact Observer Mr. Flamsteed.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 439 The bow perusing with exactest eye.
1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 646 Then Pope, as harmony itself exact..Gave Virtue and Morality a grace.
1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 59 I..Am the exacter labourer.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 2 The poorer citizens..were more exact in obedience and discipline.
6. Of ideas, images, representations, expressions, descriptions, resemblances, etc.: Perfectly corresponding, strictly correct, precise, accurate.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective]
rightOE
namely?c1225
lealc1330
very1338
truec1400
justc1425
exquisite1541
precise?a1560
jump1581
accuratea1599
nice1600
refined1607
punctual1608
press?1611
square1632
exact1645
unerring1665
proper1694
correct1705
pointed1724
prig1776
precisivea1805
as right as a trivet1835
spot on1936
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > qualities of
natural1581
well-observed1620
exact1645
well-treated1663
nature-painting1748
idealized1810
life-size1813
life-sized1834
lifelike1836
likely1840
realistic1943
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 63 The visible and exactest figure of lonelines it selfe.
1667 A. Cowley To Royal Soc. iv, in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. sig. B2 Who to the life an exact Piece would make.
1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 400 This book contains as the most ancient, so the most exact story of the world.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty iii. 19 The exact similarity of the two halves of the face.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 79 It is not easy to give an exact translation of this passage.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 178 Such a one is able to form in his own mind an exact idea of order.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 168 It was some time before they [shouts] were in exact response to their own.
1881 E. B. Tylor Anthropol. v. 133 Man's efforts to get easier, fuller, and exacter expression for his thoughts.
7.
a. Of a calculated result, a quantity or quantitative relation, a position, figure, date, etc.: Precise as opposed to approximate. Also with defining word: That is precisely what is designated; = ‘(the) precise’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > of calculated result
evena1400
justc1400
mathematical1604
exacta1616
mathematic1664
strict1791
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 62 The merit of seruice is sildome attributed to the true and exact performer. View more context for this quotation
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 56 in Sylva The Cutting and the Pruning, were perform'd in such and such an exact minute of the Moon.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 25 The pupil, under all its different dimensions, retains its exact circular shape.
1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 205 When the given surd contains no exact power, it is already in its most simple terms.
1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) iv. 32 Not following the exact law of gravity.
1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing 6 The exact value of particular remedies..is by no means ascertained.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 50 The exact appearance of a mountain of cast copper.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 7 At the instant of reaching its greatest height, or in other words at exact noon.
a1891 Mod. These are his exact words. A is an exact multiple of B.
b. Calculus. exact differential, a linear differential function of two or more variables that is equal to the total differential of some function of those variables. Also exact (differential) equation (see quot. 1959).
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1825 D. Lardner Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus ii. xvii. 284 As there are many differentials of two variables which are not exact differentials, so also there are many differential equations which are not the immediate differentials of any primitive equation.
1877 B. Williamson Elem. Treat. Integral Calculus (ed. 3) vi. 143 Condition that Pdx + Qdy shall be a total Differential.—This implies that Pdx + Qdy should be the exact differential of some function of x and y.
1920 H. T. H. Piaggio Elem. Treat. Differential Equations ii. 12 The expression ydx + xdy is an exact differential. Thus the equation ydx + xdy = o..is called an exact equation.
1958 Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. (ed. 3) 511/1 Suppose that an integrating factor, v exists so that vL(u)dx is an exact differential.
1959 G. James & R. C. James Math. Dict. (ed. 2) 116/1 Exact differential equation, a differential equation which is obtained by setting the total differential of some function equal to zero.
8. Of methods, instruments of research, language, etc.: Characterized by precision, not admitting of vagueness or uncertainty. exact sciences n. those which admit of absolute precision in their results; esp. the mathematical sciences.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > of tools, materials, etc.: accurate
truec1392
just?1556
precise1561
finea1566
delicate1581
nicea1628
exact1665
sensible1678
sensitive1820
precision1875
pin-sharp1933
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 37 Having no instruments exact enough.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum Pref Perfect Knowledge of the exactest way of the Practical part of this Art.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 44 The exactest arts of building ships..were not unknown to him.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §7. 22 No spoken language has yet been found exact enough to express the highest generalisations.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. i. i. 3 All who have studied an exact science must have experienced the formidable difficulties which elementary chapters invariably present.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 3 The exact sciences constituted the preponderant discipline.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 26 Of the creative arts..we may make two classes—the less exact and the more exact.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > of calculated result
exactly1658
exact1677
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xvii. 130 In seeming exact suiting Scripture suggested.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 190 Guide his Foot the firmer, and exacter.
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §11 Nature..works of her self a great deal better and exacter than we can direct her.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 8 There's a Rehearsal, Sir, exact at One.
a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 410 Two lobes protruding pair'd exact.
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† exactadj.2
Obsolete. rare.
Drawn forth by descent, descended.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > [adjective]
descendantc1429
branchedc1475
originala1500
descended1565
descending1594
originary1594
exact1596
prognatec1600
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxii. 269 Of noble Parentage and rich was Mandeuil exact.
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exactv.
/ᵻɡˈzakt/, /ɛɡˈzakt/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæk(t)/, /ɛɡˈzæk(t)/ 1. † b. To require or enforce the surrender of (an object). Obsolete.† d. With personal object. To extort money, etc. from; to oppress with exactions. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To demand and enforce the payment of (fees, money, taxes, tolls, penalties, etc.); to extort. Const. from, of, †on, †upon.
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1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xviii The freres quarterage, whych he sayd that they exacte of euery houshold.
1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 102 The Mayre..and Burgesses..exact apon them..tolls.
1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 359 in T. Starkey Eng. in Reign King Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xcv Too reyse his Rent alas it neadethe not, Or fyne texacte for teanure of the same.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 164 Where a Law exacteth a Pecuniary Mulct.
1661 A. Marvell Let. 15 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 29 In it [the Patent] none of those fees or summs exacted are specifyd.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 4 They take occasion to exact from Passengers..arbitrary..sums.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. vi. 27 Flatterers..exact the same Taxes on all below them, which they themselves pay to all above them. View more context for this quotation
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 38 This seafaring people..exacted toll..from the ships of all other peoples.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)]
atbraidOE
benimOE
fornimOE
to reach upOE
reaveOE
bilacchea1325
to take away1372
stealc1374
privea1387
beneme1387
reach?a1400
deprivec1400
subduce1434
embezzle1469
pluckc1475
fortakea1500
raima1500
devest1538
rig1573
imbolish1592
exact1660
drain1673
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 39 His books burnt.., after that they had been diligently exacted of all that had any of them.
c. loosely. To inflict (vengeance). Const. against, from.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)]
wreakc825
to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900
to do (also take) wrack (on one)12..
to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200
to take (also nim) vengeance1297
wrakea1300
to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330
visita1382
vengec1400
revengec1485
avenge1535
hevenc1540
resent1612
exact1858
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 3 The revenge which he would one day exact against his uncle.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §2. 65 The King angrily bade him exact vengeance from the town.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)]
ransom?a1425
to poll and pill1528
exact1534
bloodsuck?1541
extort1561
rack1576
flay1584
shave1606
wire-draw1616
punisha1626
sponge1631
squeeze1639
screwa1643
to screw up1655
bleed1680
torture1687
to screw down1725
to shake down1872
to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918
to bleed white1935
rent1956
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6. §2 The officers..unlawfully exacted the Kinges subiectes.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. lxxxix. 85 The poore concussed State Shall euer be exacted for supplyes.
2. To require by force or with authority the performance of (duty, labour, etc.), the concession of (anything desired); to insist upon. Const. from, of; in early use sometimes with clause or infinitive as object.
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society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > exact too much from
exact1564
to put upon ——1857
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to perform or adhere to
hold971
tiec1200
exact1564
enforce1647
confine1651
straiten1652
to tie down1692
to nail down1859
1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius xvi. f. 81 The common people..importunately exacted to haue all dettes clerely released.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 97 The courtesie which I exact of you.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C2 Let my breath exact, You strike sad Tones vnto this dismall act.
1638 R. West in Jonsonus Virb. 56 Thou exact'st our best houres industrie.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 175 All the Wealth is almost in their Hands, whereof an Account is exacted.
1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 146 'Twas too perfect to be severely exacted in that Infant Age.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. iii. 95 Christ came to exact Obedience from every Creature.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 235 Ever since the reign of Elizabeth the oath of supremacy had been exacted from members of the House of Commons.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 39 Labor exacted with stripes.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 91 William exacted strict attendance at divine service from all his company.
3. Of circumstances, conditions, dignities, etc.: To render becoming, desirable, necessary, or unavoidable; to call for, demand, require. Const. from, of, rarely with direct personal object and infinitive.
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the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > require or demand
askOE
willa1225
requirec1425
crave1576
desire1577
exact1592
solicit1592
wish1600
postulate1605
expect1615
to look after ——a1616
seek1656
demand1748
1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §56. C ij b Then followeth the drawing of such Instruments in forme..as the qualitie of the fact or contract exacteth.
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 27 The crowne exacteth of us reuerence.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. Dv Our state exactes, Our subiects not alone to beare, but praise our acts.
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 12 The place you fill, has more than amply exacted the Talents of a wary Pilot.
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) v. 289 I must withhold my Beleef..till their Experiments exact it.
1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 18 Their gray hairs exact of us a particular respect.
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxii. 71 No form of friendship under the sun had a right to exact such a concession.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 423 The scurvy exacts a comfortable temperature and a drying one.
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c1591 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 78 Gevinge to the nobilitie..vnjuste..libertie to exact on the baser sorte of people.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxxix. 22 The enemie shall not exact vpon him. View more context for this quotation
a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621) 35 He was again informed..how he exacted upon the Normans.
1679 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 276 Others were exacted upon in what they bought.
1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland ii. 87 Inn-keepers think they have a right to exact upon Strangers.
1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 14 To Cheat and Exact upon us in the Price, the Measure, and the Goodness.
5. transitive. In etymological sense: To force out, extract. archaic.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by force, effort, or contrivance
to draw outOE
outdrawlOE
drawc1300
win out1362
out-wina1425
windc1535
extract1628
exact1647
exforcipatea1834
to winkle out1942
1647 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre (ed. 3) ii. xliv. 103 It passeth my Chymistrie to exact any agreement herein out of the contrariety of writers.
1674 Govt. Tongue vi. §23. 130 We do like witches with their magical chymistry, exact all the venom.
1883 R. Bridges Prometheus 4 He next withdrew The seeds of fire, that else had still lain hid In..the blue flakes of flint For man to exact & use.
6. In various occasional uses:† a. To interpret rigorously (obsolete).† b. To render exact, finish, perfect (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)] > strictly
exact1646
1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. v. 27 This [Matt. ii. 12] is a Strange Phrase, if it should be exacted by our manner of expressing.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)]
complec1315
accomplish1524
consummate1530
sphere?1615
complete1667
exact1669
1669 I. Barrow Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 67 I have tore out some leaves..which I shall send you somewhat more exacted.
c. nonce-use (after Latin exigere). To produce (a work of art).
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > produce work of art
exact1870
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) iii. 70 I think the ‘Dunciad’ is the most absolutely chiselled and monumental work ‘exacted’ in our country.
7. Law. (See quots.)
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against
cravec1000
summonc1300
summonda1400
convenec1425
cite1438
accitec1475
process1493
convent1538
convent1548
ascite1563
clepe and call1597
exact1607
sist1641
summons1659
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Dd2v/2 This writ..seemeth to be called an Exigent: because it exacteth the party, that is, requireth his expearance or forthcomming, to answer the lawe.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 283 A writ of exigent or exigi facias..which requires the sheriff to cause the defendant to be proclaimed, required, or exacted, in five county courts successively, to render himself;..if he does not appear, he shall then be outlawed.
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