EXIGENT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

2.
n.

Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent Shak.

3.
n.

The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.


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