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exigent

adj
/ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/UK

Etymology

From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.

  1. derived from exigēns

Definitions

  1. Urgent

    Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.

  2. Demanding

    Demanding; requiring great effort.

  3. Extremity

    Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.

    • Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The amount that is required.

      • [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]

    2. A writ in proceedings before outlawry.

      • They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents

The neighborhood

Derived

allocatur exigent, exigent circumstance, exigenter, exigently, inexigent, unexigent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA