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exactivus

exactivus [LL] , exactive, exacting; b (w. obj. gen.). c extortionate. sunt iiij media citra excommunicacionem ad decimas acquirendum ‥ non dico ~a, sed secundum caritatem ewangelicam allectiva Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 323.  b ea ‥ quorum prior justitia legis fuerat ~a, fidei gratia exhibentur voluntaria R. Niger Mil. II 66; ~a responsionis allocutio Balsh. AD rec. 2 12; necessitas est ~a refectionis J. Godard Ep. 222; amoris vehemencia ex parte Dei nostre dileccionis ~a Brinton Serm. 34 p. 174.  c rex exactivus [v. l. exacturus], vecors, injustus oditur, / fortis diligitur, justus, ratione dativus (In Franciam) Pol. Poems I 39; vinum contemplacionis ‥ per statum et potestatem ~am vel secularem extigwitur Wycl. Ver. I 68.

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