Part 4041

<h1>Exiccation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`ic*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Exsiccation</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exigence</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"i*gence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Exigency.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Exigency</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"i*gen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>;<plu>pl. <plw>Exigencies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL. <ets>exigentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exigence</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; <as>as, an unforeseen <ex>exigency</ex></as>.</def> "The present <i>exigency</i> of his affairs."

<i>Ludlow.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.</syn>

<h1>Exigendary</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`i*gen"da*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Exigenter</er>.</def>

<h1>Exigent</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`i*gent</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exigens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>exigere</ets> to drive out or forth, require, exact. See <er>Exact</er>.]</ety> <def>Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.</def> "At this <i>exigent</i> moment."

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Exigent</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"i*gent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Why do you cross me in this <b>exigent</b>? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(o. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Exigenter</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"i*gent*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Exigible</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"i*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exigible</ets>. See <er>Exigent</er>.]</ety> <def>That may be exacted; repairable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>A. Smith.</i>

<h1>Exiguity</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`i*gu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exiguitas</ets>, fr. <ets>exiguus</ets> small: cf. F. <ets>exiguit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Scantiness; smallness; thinness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>