exigire.xi.gir [eziʒ′ir]vtd+vint1 to claim, exact, demand, require, urge:
este crime exige castigo / this crime calls for punishment:
este serviço exige cuidado especial / this work asks for great care:
isto quando as circunstâncias o exigirem / as occasion may require.
2 to impose (as an obligation):
não se pode exigir de ninguém / it is too much to ask of anyone:
exijo uma explicação / I demand an explanation.
3 to make an authoritative demand:
ele exigiu um quarto para si só / he stipulated for a room of his own.
Expressõesexigir demais to ask too much.
