exigent
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/ / /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
- Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
“2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.”
- Demanding; requiring great effort.
noun
Etymology: From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
- Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
“Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.”
“Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome [Cicero 5° de finibus.], there was one or other that called for an interpreter: ſo leſt the Church be driuen to the like exigent, it is neceſſary to haue tranſlations in a readineſſe.”
- 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, […]”
- A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
“They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents”