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English

Etymology

Latin exigēns, exigent- present participle of exigere, to demand.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ēk'sə-jənt/

Adjective

urgent|Urgent; needing immediate action.
demanding|Demanding; needing great effort.

Translations

Hungarian: , ,

Portuguese: {{t|pt|exigente|m|f}}

Hungarian: , ,

Portuguese: {{t|pt|exigente|m|f}}

: exigeant (exacting), urgent, pressant
: exigente (demanding, exacting, fussy, particular, strict)

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French

Verb

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{{form of|Third-person plural present subjunctive|exiger|lang=French}}

es:exigent fr:exigent vi:exigent

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 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, insistent,
instant]
2: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more
exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: exacting]

Moby Dictionary
Spartan , Spartanic , accurate , acute , astringent , attentive ,
austere , authoritarian , burdensome , burning , charged , choiceless ,
clamant , clamorous , climacteric , close , compelling , compulsory ,
conscientious , correct , critical , crucial , crying , decisive ,
delicate , demanding , detailed , dour , draining , emergent , exact ,
exacting , exorbitant , exquisite , extortionate , fine , finical ,
finicking , finicky , fussy , grasping , grievous , grim , harsh ,
high-pressure , high-priority , imperative , imperious , importunate ,
insistent , instant , kairotic , loaded , loud , mandatory , menacing ,
meticulous , minute , narrow , necessary , necessitous , nice ,
obligatory , oppressive , particular , persistent , pertinacious ,
pivotal , precise , precisianistic , precisionistic , pregnant ,
pressing , punctilious , punctual , refined , religious , rigid ,
rigorous , rugged , scrupulous , scrutinizing , severe , stern , strict ,
stringent , subtle , superincumbent , taxing , threatening , tough ,
unsparing , urgent , weighty , without choice

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.