Exigent

[ex·i·gent]

When you describe something as exigent, you are saying it requires attention: it can't be ignored.

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Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

Adjective S.
requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

Adjective S.
demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"


a.
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

n.
Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.

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


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.

Exigent

Ex"i*gent, n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]
Why do you cross me in this exigent?
2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.

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