Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exigent \Ex"i*gent\, n.
1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]
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Why do you cross me in this exigent? --Shak.
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2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before
outlawry. --Abbott.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
2: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: {exigent}, {exacting}]
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