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.