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English Dictionary: exacting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for exacting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exacting adj having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" Synonym(s): fastidious, exacting Antonym(s): unfastidious severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" Synonym(s): stern, strict, exacting requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" Synonym(s): exigent, exacting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacting \Exact"ing\, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. [bd]A temper so exacting.[b8] --T. Arnold -- {Exact"ingly}, adv. -- {Exact"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.