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exacteth

exacteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exact.

Meaning of exact

Verb

exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
    • to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
  2. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
    • I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act IIII, scene iv, signature I, verso
  3. (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
    • to exact revenge on someone

See all 9 meanings of exact

Origin of exacteth

exact + -eth

Questions about exacteth

What is exacteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Exacteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exact.

Words near exacteth in the dictionary

  1. exactas
  2. exacted
  3. exacter
  4. exacters
  5. exactest
  6. exacteth
  7. exactification
  8. exactifications
  9. exactified
  10. exactifies
  11. exactify

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