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3 definitions found 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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