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exigency|ˈɛksɪdʒənsɪ|
[ad. L. exigentia: see prec. and -ency.]
The quality of being exigent.
1. a. Exigent character, pressing state (of circumstances, etc.), stringency (of requirements). b. Urgent want; pressing necessity; an instance of this; in pl. pressing needs, straits.
a.1769Robertson Chas. V, III. x. 224 Such immediate..assistance as the exigency of her affairs required. 1794Paley Evid. i. iv. (1817) 66 To inspire them with fortitude proportioned to the increasing exigency of the service. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ix. (1852) 289 Nor whatever the exigency of our circumstances, can we rationally doubt of needful assistance. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 577 The exigency of the case warranted him in borrowing..a fine horse belonging to Dare.
b.1630Wadsworth Pilgr. vii. 70 [He] was driuen to such an exigency that he was constrained [etc.]. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 88 The amazing Exigencies of a sinking Man..excuse the folly of catching at Reeds. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. Pref. (1721) I. 79 The Romans in great Exigency, sent for their Dictator from the Plow. 1707Addison Pres. St. War Wks. 1746 III. 245 We already complain of our want of bullion and must at last be reduced to the greatest exigencies. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) III. ii. 260 The natural exigency my father was under of rubbing his head. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. ii. 37 The extreme exigency of the moment. 1863Froude Hist. Eng. VIII. 61 Yet the Exigencies of England required peace.
2. That which is needed or required; demands, needs, requirements:
a. sing.; now rare exc. in Law (see quot. 1883).
b. pl.
a.1581Lambarde Eiren. iii. i. (1588) 329 The residue were fined..according to the exigencie and temper of their fault. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer Pref., The various exigency of times and occasions. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India III. vi. i. 37 In his demands upon the Rajah..Mr. Hastings had exceeded the exigency. 1850W. Irving Mahomet xxxii. (1853) 164 The talents of Mahomet rose to the exigency of the moment. 1883Sir F. Pollock in Law Rep. 11 Q. Bench 433 When the sheriff has seized the debtor's goods, it is his duty to go on selling until he shall have realized enough to satisfy the exigency of the writ.
b.1674Brevint Saul at Endor iv. 73 Devout persons are directed to several saints, for their several exigencies. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. iii, I intreat you will never suffer Mr. Wood to be a judge of your exigencies. 1857–8Sears Athan. iv. 28 Those who think God will..work miracles..to meet the exigencies of theology. |