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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigent \Ex"i*gent\, n.
1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]
Why do you cross me in this exigent? --Shak.
2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before
outlawry. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigent \Ex`i*gent\, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr of exigere
to drive out or forth, require, exact. See {Exact}.]
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action pressing;
critical. ``At this exigent moment.'' --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exigent
adj 1: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and
momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an
instant need" [syn: {clamant}, {crying}, {insistent},
{instant}]
2: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: {exacting}]
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