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Exigent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Exigent? [adj] requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" [adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Exigent: clamant \| crying \| demanding \| exacting \| imperative \| insistent \| instant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Exigent: accurate \| acute \| astringent \| attentive \| austere \| authoritarian \| burdensome \| burning \| charged \| choiceless \| clamant \| clamorous \| climacteric \| close \| compelling \| compulsory \| conscientious \| correct \| critical \| crucial \| crying \| decisive \| delicate \| demanding \| detailed \| dour \| draining \| emergent \| exact \| exacting \| exorbitant \| exquisite \| extortionate \| fine \| finical \| finicking \| finicky \| fussy \| grasping \| grievous \| grim \| harsh \| high-pressure \| high-priority \| imperative \| imperious \| importunate \| insistent \| instant \| kairotic \| loaded \| loud \| mandatory \| menacing \| meticulous \| minute \| narrow \| necessary \| necessitous \| nice \| obligatory \| oppressive \| particular \| persistent \| pertinacious \| pivotal \| precise \| precisianistic \| precisionistic \| pregnant \| pressing \| punctilious \| punctual \| refined \| religious \| rigid \| rigorous \| rugged \| scrupulous \| scrutinizing \| severe \| Spartan \| Spartanic \| stern \| strict \| stringent \| subtle \| superincumbent \| taxing \| threatening \| tough \| unsparing \| urgent \| weighty \| without choice See Also \| Exigent In Webster's Dictionary \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. ``At this exigent moment.'' --Burke. \Ex"igent\, 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.

Exigent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exigent?

[adj] requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
[adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

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Exigent In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.

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