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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. ``A temper so exacting.'' --T. Arnold -- {Ex*act"ing*ly}, adv -- {Ex*act"ing*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 He said into them Exact no more than that which is appointed you --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place --Massinger. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exacting adj 1: (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" [syn: {fastidious}] [ant: {unfastidious}] 2: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: {stern}, {strict}] 3: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: {exigent}]
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