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s | exigent |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective exigent is

urgent; needing immediate action.

As a noun exigent is

(archaic) extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    exigent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Urgent; needing immediate action.
  • * 2003 , , U.S. Department of Defence
    • Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
  • Demanding; needing great effort.

    • Related terms

    * exigence * exigency * exigently

    Derived terms

    * allocatur exigent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency
  • * 1591 ,
    • These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent, \ Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent ;
  • * 1611 ,
    • Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome, [Cicero 5° de finibus.] there was one or other that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be driven to the like exigent , it is necessary to have translations in a readiness.
  • (obsolete, UK, legal) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
    • (Abbott)