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Evil (ēv'l) n. 1. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.
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Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton.
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The evil that men do lives after them. Shak.
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2. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
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The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccl. ix. 3.
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3. malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. [R.] Shak.
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He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil. Addison.
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Evil, adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. Shak.
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It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23.
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The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us. Deut. xxvi. 6.
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evildoer n. a person who performs an evil deed; one who sins (without repenting).
Syn. -- sinner.
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evildoing n. evil behavior.
Syn. -- transgression.
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Evil eye (?). See Evil eye under , a.
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Evil-eyed (?) a. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak.
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Evil-favored (?), a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon.

-- Evil-favoredness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.
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Evilly (?), adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] “Good deeds evilly bestowed.” Shak.
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Evil-minded (?), a. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- Evil-mindedness, n.
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Evilness, n. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
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Evince (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evinced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing (?).] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See , and cf. .] 1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]
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Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton.
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2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.
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Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South.
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Evincement (?), n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.
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Evincible (?), a. Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale.

--Evincibly, adv.
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Evincive (?), a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
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Evirate (?), v. t. [L. eviratus, p. p. of evirare to castrate; e out + vir man.] To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Eviration (?), n. [L. eviratio.] Castration. [Obs.]
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Eviscerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eviscerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating (?).] [L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See .] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.
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Evisceration (?), a. A disemboweling.
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Evitable (?), a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. évitable.] Avoidable. [R.] Hooker.
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Evitate (?), v. t. [L. evitatus, p. p. of evitare to shun; e out + vitare to shun.] To shun; to avoid. [Obs.] Shak.
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Evitation (?), n. [L. evitatio.] A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Evite (?), v. t. [Cf. F. éviter. See .] To shun. [Obs.] Dryton.
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Eviternal (?), a. [L. eviternus, aeternus. See .] Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] -- Eviternally, adv. Bp. Hall.
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Eviternity (?), n. Eternity. [Obs.]
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Evocate (?), v. t. [L. evocatus, p. p. of evocare. See .] To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse.
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Evocation (?), n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. évocation.] The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.
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The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.
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Evocative (?), a. Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
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Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man. W. Pater.
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Evocator (?), n. [L.] One who calls forth. [R.]
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Evoke (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F évoquer. See , and cf. .] 1. To call out; to summon forth.
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To evoke the queen of the fairies. T. Warton.
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A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.
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2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.] “The cause was evoked to Rome.” Hume.

{ Evolatic (?), Evolatical (?), } a. [L. evolare to fly away; e out + volare to fly.] Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.] Blount.
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Evolation (?), n. [L. evolatio.] A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Evolute (?), n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. of evolvere. See .] (Geom.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See . It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
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☞ Any curve may be an evolute, the term being applied to it only in its relation to the involute.
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Evolutility (ĕv�l�tĭlĭt�), n. [See .] (Biol.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure. Syd. Soc. Lex.
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Evolution (ĕv�lūshŭn), n. [L. evolutio an unrolling: cf. F. évolution evolution. See .] 1. The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, any process of growth or development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.
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2. A series of things unrolled or unfolded. “The whole evolution of ages.” Dr. H. More.
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3. (Geom.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. Hutton.
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4. (Arith. & Alg.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
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5. (Mil. & Naval) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.
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Those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity. Campbell.
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6. (Biol.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
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7. (Biol.) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.
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8. (Metaph.) That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The process is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.
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Evolution is to me series with development. Gladstone.
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Evolutional (?), a. Relating to evolution. “Evolutional changes.” H. Spenser.
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Evolutionary (?), a. Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
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Evolutionism (?), n. The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See , 6 and 7.
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Evolutionist (?), n. 1. One skilled in evolutions.
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2. One who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.
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Evolve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See .] 1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
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The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. Sir. M. Hale.
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The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. Whewell.
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Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. J. C. Shairp.
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2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.
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Evolve, v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior.
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Evolvement (?), n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
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Evolvent (?), n. [L. evolvens, -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See , and .
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Evomit (?), v. t. [L. evomitus, p. p. of evomere to vomit forth; e out + vomere.] To vomit. [Obs.]
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Evomition (?), n. The act of vomiting. [Obs.] Swift.
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Evulgate (�vŭlgāt) v. t. [L. evulgatus, p. p. of evulgare to publish.] To publish abroad. [Obs.]
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Evulgation (?), n. A divulging. [Obs.]
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Evulsion (�vŭlshŭn), n. [L. evulsio, fr. evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. évulsion.] The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
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Ew (ū), n. [See .] A yew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ewe (ū), n. [AS. eówu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. ær, Goth. awēþi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. 'oi:s, Skr. avi. √231.] (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
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Ewe-necked (ūnĕkt), a. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficient, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.
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Ewer (ūẽr), n. [OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. évier a washing place, sink, aiguière ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG. aha, G. au, aue, meadow. √219. Cf. , , .] A kind of wide-mouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet.
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Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.

{ Ewery (ūẽr�), Ewry (ūr�) } n. [From .] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.
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Ewt (ūt), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) The newt.
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Ex- (?). A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out, as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminous, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as, escape, scape, élite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
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Exacerbate (ĕgzăsẽrbāt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerbated (ĕgzăsẽrbātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerbating (ĕgzăsẽrbātĭng).] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See .] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Brougham.
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exacerbating (ĕgzăsẽrbātĭng), adj. Making worse.
Syn. -- aggravating, exasperating.
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Exacerbation (ĕgzăsẽrbāshŭn) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.] 1. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
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2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
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Exacerbescence (ĕgzăsẽrbĕss�ns), n. [L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare.] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.
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Exacervation (?), n. [L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See , and .] The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Exacinate (?), v. t. [L. ex out + acinus kernel.] To remove the kernel form.
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Exacination (?), n. Removal of the kernel.
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Exact (?), a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See , .] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
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I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. )
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2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. “I see thou art exact of taste.” Milton.
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3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.
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Exact, 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 , 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.
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He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13.
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Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden.
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My designs
Exact me in another place. Massinger.
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Exact, v. i. To practice exaction. [R.]
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The anemy shall not exact upon him. Ps. lxxxix. 22.
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Exacter (?), n. An exactor. [R.]
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Exacting, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. “A temper so exacting.” T. Arnold -- Exactingly, adv. -- Exactingness, n.
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Exaction (?), n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
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Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9.
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Daily new exactions are devised. Shak.
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Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.
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2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Daniel.
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Exactitude (?), n. [Cf. F. exactitude.] The quality of being exact; exactness.
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Exactly, adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. “Exactly wrought.” Shak.
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His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
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Exactness, n. 1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of judgement or deportment.
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2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.
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He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay.
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Exactor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. exacteur.] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
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