Sekirov Dictionary

exigent

/ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

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(no longer used) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
- These Eyes, like Lampes, whose wasting Oyle is spent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent. — 1591
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(no longer used) 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, […] — 1840
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(UK, no longer used) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
- They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents — 1607

adjective2

Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
Demanding; requiring great effort.

forms

exigents · more exigent · most exigent

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