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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for exigent:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

EXIGENT, or EXIGI FACIAS, practice. A writ issued in the course of 
proceedings to outlawry, deriving its name and application from the 
mandatory words found therein, signifying, "that you cause to be exacted or 
required; and it is that proceeding in an outlawry which, with the writ of 
proclamation, issued at the same time, immediately precedes the writ of 
capias utlagatum. 2 Virg. Cas. 244.

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