Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of exact.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The retribution exacted from the Anti-Semite that day came in the form of a motherly chiding.
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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.
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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.
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She could not make head or tail of "the party of the first part" and the terms exacted of movie actors.
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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)
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As the price of continued war on France, these lands and a subsidy of three million pounds were the terms exacted from Great Britain.
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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
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Madame de Meroul, who even at home on their estate always remained serious and respectable, as the particle "de" before their name exacted
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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.
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In one case, £30,000 was exacted from the city of York, Pennsylvania.
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