English-Thai Dictionary

exigent

ADJ ฉุกเฉิน  เร่งด่วน  จำเป็น  critical pressing urgent chuk-choen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXIGENT

n.Pressing business; occasion that calls for immediate help. [Not used. See Exigence. ] 1. In law, a writ which lies where the defendant is not to be found, or after a return of non est inventus on former writs; the exigent or exigi facias then issues, which requires the sheriff to cause the defendant to be proclaimed or exacted, in five county courts successively, to render himself; and if he does not, he is outlawed.
2. End; extremity. [Not used. ]

 

EXIGENTER

n.An officer in the court of Common Pleas in England who makes out exigents and proclamations, in cases of outlawry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXIGENT

Ex `i *gent, a. Etym: [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact. ]

 

Defn: Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment. " Burke.

 

EXIGENT

EXIGENT Ex "i *gent, n.

 

1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs. ] Why do you cross me in this exigent Shak.

 

2. (o. Eng. Law )

 

Defn: The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

 

EXIGENTER

Ex "i *gent *er, n. (O. Eng. Law )

 

Defn: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exigent

ex i gent |ˈeksijənt ˈɛɡzəʤənt | ▶adjective formal pressing; demanding: the exigent demands of the music took a toll on her voice. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin exigent- ‘completing, ascertaining, ’ from the verb exigere (see exact ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

exigent

exigent |ˈɛksɪdʒ (ə )nt, ˈɛgzɪ -| ▶adjective formal pressing; demanding. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin exigent- ‘completing, ascertaining ’, from the verb exigere (see exact ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

exigente

exigente adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que exige mucho, especialmente si lo hace de forma rigurosa :un profesor exigente; los médicos son muy exigentes con la asepsia; los productos cárnicos pasan controles muy exigentes .2 adjetivo Que es propio de la persona exigente :carácter exigente .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exigent

ex i gent /éksɪdʒ (ə )nt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈要求などが 〉厳しい ; «…を » 不当に [しきりに ]要求する «of » .2 危急の (urgent ); 急迫した .