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exigent

[ ek-si-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
  2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.


exigent

/ ˈɛɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. urgent; pressing
  2. exacting; demanding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ澱Գٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • i·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDz·i·Գ adjective
  • non·i·Գ· adverb
  • ܲ·i·Գ adjective
  • un·i·Գ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exigent1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent- (stem of 澱ŧԲ ) (present participle of exigere to drive out, demand), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + -ig- (combining form of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exigent1

C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel
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It says school officials “should not consent to access by an immigration enforcement officer unless he/she declares exigent circumstances or has a federal judicial warrant.”

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Still, Bass is not the first California political leader to lead in absentia during a moment of exigent crisis.

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For example, the City Council could still impose a hiring freeze at the commission, or even intervene in its spending plans, if it found there were “exigent circumstances.”

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Moreover, while the court acted with some dispatch in the immunity case, it was nowhere near as quick as in other exigent cases.

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“Texas has demonstrated that even in the most exigent circumstances, it will not allow Border Patrol access to the border to conduct law enforcement and emergency response activities.”

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