Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

exact (v.)

 

(v.) to demand and get; to force payment of

 

The hurricane exacted a heavy toll of the town: three dead and millions of dollars in property damage.

 

Related English words: exactable, exacter, exaction, exactor

 

Latin root words: exactio, exactionis, f. - a driving out; a demanding; exactus, exacta, exactum - precise; ago, agere, egi, actus - to do; drive

 

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