3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a.
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or
requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh;
severe. ``A temper so exacting.'' --T. Arnold --
{Ex*act"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*act"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exact \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exacting
adj 1: having complicated nutritional requirements; especially
growing only in special artificial cultures;
"fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly
specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their
requirements" [syn: {fastidious}] [ant: {unfastidious}]
2: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting
instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[syn: {stern}, {strict}]
3: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: {exigent}]