To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
exactly
She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
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Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
a man exact in observing an appointment
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason.
To make desirable or necessary.
I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
to exact revenge on someone