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Definition of Exigence
1. n. Exigency.
Definition of Exigence
1. Noun. exigency ¹
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Definition of Exigence
1. exigency [n -S] - See also: exigency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exigence
Literary usage of Exigence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophical System of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati by Antonio Rosmini (1882)
"195- By objective exigence is meant that which the Objective mind conceives, when
it considers being in itself, without attending to its relation to any ..."
2. An apology for the Bible, in a series of letters, addressed to T. Paine by Richard Watson (1796)
"... \>as too big for any giant; whether thr exigence of a man.twelve or fifteen
feet high is'frV the nature of things ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... of hii landlord for reducing Mm to rach an exigence. ... EXIGENT; frequently
used for exigence. Situation of difficulty ; as in the following: ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... and proper for the present exigence of the kingdom, yet could not obtain it;
but his majesty did several times refuse to give his royal assent thereunto ..."
5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"... own private purses, and answer every other exigence of service, since, no
longer for others, but their own sakes, they must continue the struggle. ..."
6. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... and it only seemed to want women to ascertain its duration. In this exigence,
Romulus, by the advice of the senate, sent deputies among the Sabines, ..."
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