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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of exact.

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Examples

  • The retribution exacted from the Anti-Semite that day came in the form of a motherly chiding.

    How We Avenged the Blums 2005

  • The retribution exacted from the Anti-Semite that day came in the form of a motherly chiding.

    How We Avenged the Blums 2005

  • Mr. Harris is the only foreigner who was ever permitted to enter the palace of the Tycoon of Japan without the degrading forms of submission formerly exacted from the Dutch.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

  • September 4th Pétion's secretary came to the Tower to remit to the king a sum of two thousand francs in assignats; he exacted from the king a receipt.

    The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912

  • She could not make head or tail of "the party of the first part" and the terms exacted of movie actors.

    We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

  • The tithe exacted from the Irish Catholic farmer was not merely a tribute exacted by the conqueror, but was also a brand of degradation on the faith and on the nationality of the Irish Celt who was called upon to meet the demand.

    A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1898

  • As the price of continued war on France, these lands and a subsidy of three million pounds were the terms exacted from Great Britain.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889

  • In 1529 he besieged Vienna; and though he failed to capture the Hapsburg capital, yet at a still later period he exacted from the German Emperor

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Madame de Meroul, who even at home on their estate always remained serious and respectable, as the particle "de" before their name exacted

    Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • His new apparel somewhat shocked M. and Madame de Meroul who even at home on their estate always remained serious and respectable, as the particle "de" before their name exacted a certain amount of ceremonial even with their intimate friends.

    The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Guy de Maupassant 1871

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