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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Exigency \Ex"i*gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. [bd]The present exigency of his affairs.[b8] --Ludlow. Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis. | |
