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exacting
(encz) | exacting,náročný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Exacting
(gcide) | 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.
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He said into them, Exact no more than that which is
appointed you. --Luke. iii.
13.
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Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden.
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My designs
Exact me in another place. --Massinger.
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Exacting
(gcide) | 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.
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exacting
(wn) | exacting
adj 1: 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, exacting] [ant: unfastidious]
2: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting
instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[syn: stern, strict, exacting]
3: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: exigent, exacting] |
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exacting
(encz) | exacting,náročný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unexacting
(encz) | unexacting, |
Exactingly
(gcide) | 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.
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Exactingness
(gcide) | 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.
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exacting
(wn) | exacting
adj 1: 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, exacting] [ant: unfastidious]
2: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting
instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[syn: stern, strict, exacting]
3: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: exigent, exacting] |
unexacting
(wn) | unexacting
adj 1: not rigorous; "relaxed and unexacting standards" |
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