EXACT
Source: 553, 566, 567
exact. exact, perfectly done, or to require with extremitie.
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exact. Exact, a. nice, accurate, methodical, punctual
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Ex‐act″ (?), a. [[L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.]] 1. 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. ) 2. 2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. “I see thou art exact of taste.” Milton.
3. 3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.