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English Dictionary: exigent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for exigent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exigent adj demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" Synonym(s): clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" Synonym(s): exigent, exacting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigent \Ex`igent\, 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. [bd]At this exigent* moment.[b8] --Burke.
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.