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

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  1. a. Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.
  2. n. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
  3. n. The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
  4. adj. demanding attention
  5. adj. requiring precise accuracy
  6. Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent Shak. 2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.
  7. Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing;critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.
  8. j:100 s. requiring precise accuracy