Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to exact
Participle: exacted
Gerund: exacting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | exact |
| you | exact |
| he;she;it | exacts |
| we | exact |
| you | exact |
| they | exact |
Perfect
| I | have exacted |
| you | have exacted |
| he;she;it | has exacted |
| we | have exacted |
| you | have exacted |
| they | have exacted |
Past
| I | exacted |
| you | exacted |
| he;she;it | exacted |
| we | exacted |
| you | exacted |
| they | exacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had exacted |
| you | had exacted |
| he;she;it | had exacted |
| we | had exacted |
| you | had exacted |
| they | had exacted |
Future
| I | will exact |
| you | will exact |
| he;she;it | will exact |
| we | will exact |
| you | will exact |
| they | will exact |
Future Perfect
| I | will have exacted |
| you | will have exacted |
| he;she;it | will have exacted |
| we | will have exacted |
| you | will have exacted |
| they | will have exacted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | exact |
| you | exact |
| he;she;it | exact |
| we | exact |
| you | exact |
| they | exact |
Perfect
| I | have exacted |
| you | have exacted |
| he;she;it | have exacted |
| we | have exacted |
| you | have exacted |
| they | have exacted |
Imperfect
| I | exacted |
| you | exacted |
| he;she;it | exacted |
| we | exacted |
| you | exacted |
| they | exacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had exacted |
| you | had exacted |
| he;she;it | had exacted |
| we | had exacted |
| you | had exacted |
| they | had exacted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would exact |
| you | would exact |
| he;she;it | would exact |
| we | would exact |
| you | would exact |
| they | would exact |
Perfect
| I | would have exacted |
| you | would have exacted |
| he;she;it | would have exacted |
| we | would have exacted |
| you | would have exacted |
| they | would have exacted |
Imperative
| you | exact |
| we | Let's exact |
| you | exact |
Verbs conjugated like 'exact'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'exact'
enact,
exalt,
exect,
act,
adact,
coact,
east,
eat,
eject,
elect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- take by force
- extort, tear, wrench, wring
- compel
- demand, force, require
- extort
- extract, wrest, wring
Antonyms
- compel
- deter, hamper, impede, balk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "precise, rigorous, accurate," 1533, from L. exactus, pp. of exigere, lit. "to drive or force out," also "demand, finish, measure," from ex- "out" + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). The verb (1380, implied in exaction) is older in Eng. and represents the literal sense of the Latin. Exacting "too demanding" is from 1583. Elliptical use of exactly for "quite right" not recorded before 1869. Exacta as a type of horse-racing bet is first attested 1964, said to have originated in N.Y.
2. From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
Sample Sentences
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We stopped to dine at Baltimore, and being now in Maryland, were waited on, for the first time, by slaves. The sensation of exacting any service from human creatures who are bought and sold, and being, for the time, a party as it were to their condition, is not an enviable one. The institution exists, perhaps, in its least [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)