Definitions for exigent
ˈɛk sɪ dʒəntex·i·gent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instantadjective

   demanding attention

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

2. exigent, exactingadjective

   requiring precise accuracy

   "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exigentadjective

   Urgent; needing immediate action.

2. exigentadjective

   Demanding; needing great effort.

3. Etymology: From exigens, present active participle of exigo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exigentnoun

   Etymology: exigens, Latin.

   1. Pressing business; occasion that requires immediate help.

   In such an exigent I see not how they could have staid to deliberate about any other regiment than that which already was devised to their hands. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   The council met, your guards to find you sent,
   And know your pleasure in this exigent. Edmund Waller.

   2. [A law term.]A writ sued when the defendant is not to be found, being part of the process leading to an outlawry. William Shakespeare uses it for any extremity. Thomas Hanmer3. End.

   These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent,
   Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

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1. exigent

   In criminal procedure law of the United States, an exigent circumstance allows law enforcement (under certain circumstances) to enter a structure without a search warrant, or if they have a "knock and announce" warrant, allows them to enter without knocking and waiting for the owner's permission to enter. It must be a situation where people are in imminent danger, evidence faces imminent destruction, or a suspect's escape is imminent. Once entry is obtained, the plain view doctrine applies, allowing the seizure of any evidence or contraband discovered in the course of actions consequent upon the exigent circumstances.

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1. exigent

   Exigent refers to a situation or condition that is pressing, urgent, or requires immediate attention or action. It could also describe a person who is demanding or having high standards or requirements.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exigentadjective

   exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical

2. Exigentnoun

   exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment

3. Exigentnoun

   the name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry

4. Etymology: [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.]

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1. Exigent

   eks′i-jent, adj. pressing: demanding immediate attention or action.—n. end, extremity: (Browning) a needed amount.—adj. Exigeant′, exacting.—n.fem. Exigeante′.—ns. Ex′igence, Ex′igency, pressing necessity: emergency: distress.—adj. Ex′igible, capable of being exacted.—ns. Exigū′ity, Exig′uousness.—adj. Exig′uous, small: slender. [L. exigens, -entis—exigĕre—ex, out, agĕre, to drive.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exigent in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exigent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of exigent in a Sentence

1. Cheryl Dorsey:

   Where was the Taser? why didn't they deploy a Taser? If they didn't have one on scene, they should have had one with an officer who was responding as backup. What was the urgency? There was no exigent circumstance that the officers could not have waited until a Taser arrived on scene.

2. Earl Gray:

   In the walk of life, nobody's perfect, you can be trained forever and under exigent circumstances make a mistake.

3. David Mamet:

   The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits of those in straitened, dangerous, or pitiful circumstances, the middle class seeks to have what it feels to be the exigent and nonequivocal experiences had by those it emulates.

4. Cheryl Dorsey:

   Why didn't they deploy a Taser? If they didn't have one on scene, they should have had one with an officer who was responding as backup. What was the urgency? There was no exigent circumstance that the officers could not have waited until a Taser arrived on scene.

5. Ted Cruz:

   I voted with the administration on the substance because of the threat of Iran but I'll tell you from my end, if the administration does it again and there is not a live and exigent emergency, you will not have my vote and I predict you will not have the vote of a number of other Republicans as well. The simpler process is follow the damn law and respect it.

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