Exactness

Quality of being exact; accuracy; precision; nicety; regularity; careful observance of method and conformity to truth. Exact'or, n. [Lat.] One who exacts; an extortioner; one who compels anothor to pay more than is legal or reasonable; he who demands by authority; one who is unreasonably severe in his demands. evinced at an early age a great pa ion for books, and when twenty years old left home and worked in the Kanawha salt establishment, until he saved up money to enter Ohio University, where he obtained the degree of B. A. in 1815. He was admitted to the Bar in 1816, was appointed U. S. senator in 1831, and espousing the interests of the Whig party, became a ociated with Clay and Webster in their resistance to the so-called encroachments of the Executive. He supported Mr. Clay's Protective Tariff Bill, and opposed the nomination of Mr. Van Buren as envoy to the English court. In 1837, his senatorial term having expired, Mr. Ewing resumed the practice of his profe ion. In 1840 he supported the election of Gen. Harrison to the presidency, and became Exactre , n . She who exacts. Ex'acum, n. [Lat., from ez , from, and ago , to drive.] ( Bot ). A genus of plants, order Gentian ace a . Some species have medicinal properties. Ex æquo et bo'no. [L.] In justice and good dealing. Exære's is, n. [Gr., a taking away.] ( Surg .) One of the divisions of surgery adopted by old writers, and confined to operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body. Exaggerate, ( egz -aj'er-ate,) v. a. [Fr. éxagerer; Lat. exaggero, exaggeratus - ez , and aggero , agger at us , from agger, to heap, from aggero , to bear to a place - ad , and gero , to bear, to carry. See GESTATION.] To heap on or upon; to enlarge by heaping up; to accumulate; to heighten; to enlarge beyond the truth; to amplify; to represent as greater than strict truth will warrant; to depict or delineate extravagantly. Exaggerated, p. a. Heaped up; enlarged or amplified beyond the truth.