exigir

/eɡsiˈxiɾ/ · B1 · verb

to demand

📢 exigir = exact: Latin exigere, to drive out, to demand what is owed

From Latin ex- (out) + agere (to drive): to drive something out of someone. English got exact and exigent from the same root. An exigent boss exige: demands results.

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