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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. demanding attention;
- Example: "clamant needs"
- Example: "a crying need"
- Example: "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken
- Example: "insistent hunger"
- Example: "an instant need"
[syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]

2. requiring precise accuracy;
- Example: "an exacting job"
- Example: "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
[syn: exigent, exacting]



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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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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WordNet (r) 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]