exigency 
i/i ni-i , I-'. <.nii< !!<< = S|i. I';,'. i'j'ii/i-iii-iii = It. fgt- 
ili-n:n, i xii/i-n~i/i, < M I., '.i ii/' ulifl, < 1 1. i-j-ii/i'ii(l-)x, 
ppr. ol ij-iiji-rr. c.xaei : i-ec i.fiijinl. | 1. The state 
of being urgent,; pressing need or demand; ur- 
gency: as. iln u-tiji-iii-ii of the case or of busi- 
ness. 
. . . tad hi4a lifelong famDtarit? with dum 
and iMirrowiii", ami seeme<l V.TV conteiiteil wh. n t 1 
III-, 11-11 ol 111.' ll.llll \\aS tilled OVer. 
ic. iiini-ii, lioi.iMuith, vii. 
2. A pressing necessity; :in urgent case; iiny 
case \\hioh demands prompt action, supply, or 
remedy : as, iu the present <.> <//< r// no time is to 
be lost. 
When the Unmans \M']V ]u. ..,.,! uith :i f.irci^n . 
the ladi.s \nlinitanlycoTitrihuted all their fin-- an.i jr> 1- 
to assist Ilir government lllliliT Illi' public - 
,l(/'//sM*;. I'alt) I'atelle-. 
Iii this . .1 >!, n' '', . . . my only resource was to onl. i m\ 
soli, with III! i]|l|KH-t,'Ult ail', to call 'Hit' ' 
lii,lil<iiiilli. Vicar, i\ 
i,iiii. , 
Let MIM ;li 111 lie, as hitherto, In ui\ r a Mnml all -roll U.I cilll 
l i',n Itth il ttt rope uith a-; mam .VM/,-/M-/,'A- of tile (lay as 
i'' l.iiii-i'li. llarvaril Anniversary. 
3. A state of difficulty or want ; a condition of 
disfivss in- need. 
\ly I ..in I Iteuliiuh is returned from attempting to relie\<- 
Kocllcl, ullicll is reilllci'il t" extreme Kli'ii'in-'-. 
Bomu, letters, I. v. 0. 
4. Command; requirement: as, the exigency of 
a writ. . Syn. 2. lln-un-encf, Occasion, Kxifffticii, Emer- 
gency, Critnx ; pressure, strait, conjuncture, pass, pinch. 
An iiivtixiini i- :i ..... '.-in i-i'iice, or separate event, usually in- 
volving considerations of importance, with the observance 
of a decree of reretnony -. an t'.i-iin'ncii is an occasion of 
ui^eucy anil suddenness, where something helpful needs 
to lie >lone at once; an emergency in more pressing atnl 
naturally less common than an rxiiti'iiftj ; a crisis is an 
i,,, ,-,, UM mi the out. 'nine of which ever) thini,' depends. 
See ecentl. 
1'pou l.i\ in- his head on the block, [Sir Tliomus Mor<-| 
gave instances of that (rood hnniour with which he hail 
ahva\ * rut. i tan i. < I his t'ricu.ls in tin most ordinary ixviir- 
Adilistm, Spectator, No. 340. 
There is always a rivalry hetwcen the orator and the 
,,,(-, /,,ii, hetween the demands of the hour and the pn- 
possession of the individual. /w/o-rxnn, Eloquence. 
The fxiiieiii-ii-ti of foreign |>olicy again speedily modified 
the home polity of England. Lecku, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 
There are certain emernencies of nations, in whieli ex- 
pedients that in the ordinary state of things ought to he 
forborne become essential to tho puhlic weal. 
.1. Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 38. 
In all movements of the human mind whiuh tend to 
great revolutions there is a crisis at which moderate con- 
ci-ssinii may amend, conciliate, and preserve. 
Miii-nnfnit. Mallaiu'B Const. Hist. 
exigendt (ek'si-.jend), . [< AF. ej-iacnde, < ML. 
(-.riiii-inlti, a writ of exigent, the state of one 
against whom the writ of exigent was issued; 
< L. i-j-ii/i'iiiliix, ger. of cxigere, drive out, etc.: 
see exigent.] A writ of exigent. 
If he [the sheriff) return, that he [a laborer who fled 
iroui liis employer! Is not found, he shall have an Exi>i<-nd 
at the first Day, and the same pursue till he he outlawed. 
Lawn of Edw. III. (modern version), quoted in Rihton- 
[Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 50. 
exigendary ( ek-si-jen'da-ri), n. ; pi. exigendaries 
(-nz). [< exigrnil + -flry.] Same as i:rigt-ittrr. 
exigent (ek'si-jent), (I. and n. [= F. exigeant 
(see ej-igeant) = Sp. Pg. exigente = It. esigentc, < 
Ij. i.rii/t n(t-)s, ppr. of cxiyere, drive out, drive 
forth, demand, exact, etc.: see exact, r.] I. it. 
Urgently requiring : exacting. 
At this i !,: :>t moment, the loss of a finished man is not 
!i supplied. Iliirlf,'. 
Hut now this hody, cj-i'i/cni of rest, 
\\ ill needs imt in a claim. 
Sir H. Taylor, Ph. van Artevelde, II., I. 2. 
II. a. If. An urgent occasion; an occasion 
that calls for immediate aid or action ; au exi- 
gency. 
Instead of doiliK anything as the rziin'nl required, lie 
i In make riivle.s and all tllnse fantastical! i!> 
that lice had evet : I'nrtiflcatious against i 
Sir I'. Snln.'ii. Arcadia, iv. 
Why <lo you eii.ss me iu tliis . .. / ml s'-t/.-., J. C., V. 1. 
I mm thi> ucedlesse snrmisall I shall hope to di>su:ni, 
the intelligent and eqinl auditor, if I can lint say sun , -s- 
fiilly that which in tlii- . r! : i, ,il hchoovs me. 
Milton, Chnrch-Ciivernment, ITef., ii. 
2t. End; oxtn-mity. 
I!) this lime , nere driiten to an mSffnt, all our pfo- 
llision wiihin tin citie stooping very Inwe. 
Until . II. 126. 
riiesr i-\ ea, like laiiips u lm>,- wastiu^ m| j s spent. 
W a\ dim. as drawing to their < < 
Slink.. 1 Urn. VI.. ii. .'. 
3. In l-'.inj. I'm; fiirmcrly, ii writ preliminary to 
outlawry, which lay where the defendant could 
not lie found, or after a rettini of unit r.v/ im-i n- 
lii* cm former writs. 
exigenter iek'si-.jen-ter), n. [< u-iijiiil + -/!. 
( '(. rj-i,n in/urn.} All officer formerly cm]iloy<>d 
in tlie Court of CoiniiKin 1'leas in England,' who 
L'009 
made out exigents and proclamations in cases 
of outlawry. Also r.ri;/i inliiri/. 
The enrsiloi's are hy counties ; these arc the I-ord Chau- 
CftUar'S. Ml' phlli IM l,\ i mintiesalso, 
ami ale of the Common Pleas. 
lii.il,-,- .\,:,-l/i. I.or.l Uullford, I. is.;. 
exigible (ek'si-ji-bl), a. [< F. exigible = Sp. 
gililr IV- 1 .ii;/ii'i'l = It. ixii/iliili-.( L.asif 
hilix, < i.niin'i , exact : see ij-iii-l, r.\ Callable of 
lioil|o i-xacted : lie 1 1 1. -, 1 1. la I lit : n i| nil-able. 
'imt is a .l.-iluct inn allowed for a payment b.-iiiM 
ma.le at a date prior to the time when the full amount is 
.Si'.lilil,-. KlU-lll-. I'll it.. \ II 
exiguity (ek-si-gfi'i-ti), H. [= y. i.,-ii/niii- = Sp. 
Lrii/niilitil = I'g. i-j'ii/iiiilaile, < L. rsiguita(t-)x, 
scantiness, smallness. < i-.i-ii/unx : see i-figimux. J 
1. Smallness; slenderness; tenuity. [Rare.] 
To prosecute a little what I was saying of the condn- 
civeness of bringing a body into small parts, in some cases 
the comminution may be much promoted by employing 
physical, after mechanical, ways; and that, when the parts 
are brought to such a pitch of exiinn'ti/, they may be ele- 
vated much better than before. /;..<.</. , Works, IV. 236. 
The comparative exiijwty of the gowns led to a corn- 
sponding diminution in the quantity of material required. 
>--i,iii,i : ,liti : i );.,-.. N. s., XI.II. ail. 
2. Scantiness; slight ness; meagerness: as, 
the exiguity of a description. Jour. London Hoc. 
1'xi/cli. Kexeareh. [Rare.] 
exiguous (eg-zig'u-us), . [= F. exigu = Sp. 
Pg. cj-iguo = It. esiguo, < Ii. exiguity, scanty in 
measure or number, small, slender, lit. mea- 
sured, exact (cf. immense, great, huge. lit. un- 
measured), < exigere, measure, determine, etc.: 
see exact, a., and examen.] Small; slender; 
diminutive. 
Protected mice, 
The race exiauoiu, uninur'd to wet, 
Their mansions quit, and other countries seek. 
J. Philips, Fall of Chloe's Jordan. 
To tempt the coins from the eximums purses of ancient 
maidens. O. W. Holmes, The Atlantic, LIX. 839. 
Over the little brook which wimpled along lelow tow- 
ered an arch, as a bit of Shakespeare bestrides the exigu- 
ous rill of a discourse which it was intended to ornament. 
Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 200. 
exiguousness (eg-zig'u-us-nes), n. The char- 
acter of being exiguous ; exiguity; diminutive- 
ness. Bailey, 1727. [Rare.] 
exile 1 (ek'sil, formerly eg-zil'), n. [< ME. exil, 
exile, < OF. exil, esxil, F. exil = Pr. essil = Sp. 
Pg. cxilio = It. exilio, < L. exilium, exsilium, ban- 
ishment, < ij-iit. i-j-xiil. a banished man, an exile ; 
formation uncertain; perhaps < exsilire ('ex- 
sal-), spring forth (go forth), < ex, out, + satire, 
leap, spring, orig. go, = Skt. / sar, go: see 
salient, and cf. exult, exilition; less prob. lit. 
one driven from his native soil, < ex, out of, 
from, + soluni, the ground, the soil, one's na- 
tive soil, laud, country: see .vwi'/l.] 1. Expul- 
sion from one's country or home by an authori- 
tative decree, for a definite period or in perpe- 
tuity; banishment ; expatriation : as, the '.'//, 
of Napoleon ; exile to Siberia. 
All these puissant legions whose exile 
Hath emptied heaven. Milton, t. L., I. 882. 
2. Residence in a foreign land or a remote place 
enforced by the government of which one has 
been a subject or citizen, or by stress of cir- 
cumstances; separation from one's native or 
chosen home or country and friends ; the con- 
dition of living in banishment. 
You little think that all our life and Age 
Is but an Exile and a Pilgrimage. 
Syluester, tr. of Du Hart as s Weeks, ii., The Vocation, 
He ICarolus Magnus ; sent him (the King of the Lougo- 
bards] captive to Liege, . . . where he died in Exil?. 
Coriiat, Crudities, I. 105. 
His [Clarendon's] long exile hail made him a stranger In 
the country of his birth. Maeaulan, sir William Temple. 
3t. Removal. 
Fcrmors iliiriiii; their term shall not make waste, sale, 
nor exile a! house, w Is. or men, nor of any thing helong- 
inu tn the tenements that they have to fcrm without spe- 
ial Ii Slnhilr :/ Mnrl/.ri'l'i,'. 
4. [In this sense an accom. of F. I'xilr, an exile, 
prop. pp. of exiler, exile (see exile, r.), to exile 
above ; or an accom. of the L. exul, an exile : 
see rial.] A banished person; a person ex- 
pelled from his country or home by authority, 
or separated from it by necessity : as, Siberian 
: a band of t-jili-x. 
The captive u'll,' hastclietll that lie may be l.M.*e.l. and 
that he should not die in the |Jt. Isa. Ii. 14. 
I be ]I,'IIM\C , tilt, landing with his woe, 
To stnp too fearful, and to,, faint t L'O. 
tinlilsiaitli. Traveller. 
= Sjm. 1. Proscription, expulsion, ostracism. 
exile 1 lek'sil, formerly eg-zil'), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. i-j'iliil. ppr. t-.riliitg. [< ME. r.rilen, < OF. 
exinanition 
lini-i; < ML. i.ii/imi. send into exile, < I.. 
Innii. exile: seoi./-i/i', n. ] 1. To banish from 
a country or from a particular jurisdiction by 
authority, with a prohibition of return, for a 
limited time or for life; expatriate. 
And wanhopc [despair] also y w..l,- 
I "i he is not of olire f I ai eruitoe. 
Illllllllx In I lY'l/ll, etc. I I.. I). T. t.\ , 
I-..I- that offence, 
Immediately we do i-siti- him !i 
Slink., R. and J., ill. 1. 
So f. .,/-//, ./ the circle nf the court, 
Lose all the good gifts that in it I >... 
/; ./i .,i-iin. Poetaster, Iv. It. 
Hence 2. To constrain to abandon country 
or home; drive to a foreign country, literally 
or figuratively; expel._To exile one's self, to quit 
one's country w it Ii the intention not to return. -Syn. t'.x- 
l'l, t-.'si-linl. , etc. See Imnixli. 
exile-t (ek'sil), a. [< OF. exile = It. exile, < L. 
i-sitix. small, tlfin, slender, lank, contr. of 'ut- 
gilis, ecjuiv. to exiguux, small, etc.: see ej-ii/n- 
ni/s.] Slender; tliin ; fine; light. 
Nowe late in lande (her ayer is hoot A- .Inc. 
And erthe exile or hilly drie or lene, 
Vynes beth best ysettc to tiniltiplie. 
I'allmliim, Huilmndrle (E. E. T. 8.), p. Ibd. 
In a virginal, when the lid is down, It maketh a more 
i-j-iti- sound than when the lid is open. Ilacon, Nat. Hist. 
exiledt (ek'sild), a. [< exile* + -flf2.] Slen- 
der; weak. Xares. 
Whkh (to my exiled and slender learning) have made 
this little treatise. Xm-thurnolre, Dicing (It)"). 
exilementt (ek'sil-ment), ii. [< exile 1 , c., + 
-ment.~\ Banishment. 
Fitz Osborn . . . was discarded into a foreign service, 
for a pretty shadow of exilement. 
Sir II. Wotttrn, Keliquia>, p. 103. 
exilian (eg-zil'i-an), a. [< L. exilium, exile, + 
-an.] Pertaining to exile or banishment ; spe- 
cifically, belonging to the period of the exile of 
the Jews to Babylon. 
The Messianic promise hinds together the primitive, 
the patriarchal, the Mosaic, the prophetic, the exilian, 
and the post-ezrtmn periods. 
Schaff, Christ and Christianity, p. 4. 
exilic (eg-zil'ik), . [< exile 1 + -ic.] Same as 
exilian. 
The Kxilie and post-Exile prophets do not write In a 
lifeless tongue, and Hebrew was still the language of 
Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (ch. \iiL). in the mid- 
dle of the 5th century B. c. Kneye. Brit., XI. 597. 
There are indications . . . in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel 
sufficient to preclude the supposition that the priestly 
legislation was a creation of the i-j-ilii- period. 
Contemporary Kee., XLIX. 298. 
exilitiont (ek-si-lish'on), n. [Irreg. < L. exilire, 
exsilire, spring forth, < ex, out, + salire, leap, 
spring : see exult.] A sudden springing or leap- 
ing out. 
From salt-petre proceedeth the force and the report ; 
for sulphure and smal-coal mixed will not take fire with 
noise or exilition. Sir T. Broutu, Vulg. Err., Ii. fi. 
exilityt (eg-zil'i-ti), n. [= It. exilita, < L. fxili- 
ta(t-)s, smallness. < exilix, small: see exile?.] 
1 . Slenderness ; thinness ; tenuity. 
It is with great propriety that subtlety, which, in its 
original import, means exility of particles, is taken, In its 
metaphorical meaning, for nicety of distinction. 
Johnson, Cowley. 
2. Fineness; refinement. 
Neither France nor Germany nor England had yet great- 
ly advanced in the civil intercourse of life, ami could not 
appreciate such exility of elegance and such sublimated 
refinement. /. D'luraeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 327. 
eximietyt, [< LiL. eximieta(t-)s, excellence, 
< L. eximius, excellent: see eximious.'] Excel- 
lence. Bailey, 1727. 
eximioust (eg-zim'i-us), a. [= Sp. Pg. eximio 
= It. t-xiniio, < Li. eximius, select, choice, distin- 
guished, excellent, also exempt, < eximere. take 
out: see excnijit.] Excellent; eminent; distin- 
guished. 
Take a taste out of the beginning of his dedicator)' epis- 
tle: " Egregious Doctors and masters of the exiitiinit* and 
arcane Science of Physick. I-'nlli-r, Worthies, London. 
He {Cromwell) respected all persons that were rximiout 
in any art. Wkitelodte. 
eximiousnesst, n. Excellency. Bailey, ITi'T. 
exinanite (eg-zin'a-nit). c. t. ; pret. and pp. ex- 
iiiaiiittd, ppr. <j-iii<iMitiiii/. [< L. fjrinanitus, pp. 
of I'xinanire, make empty, < ex, out, + iiianix, 
empty: see inane.] To make empty: weaken; 
make of little value, force, or repute. 
He i-xiininiti-il himself [Latin m-nn'i nintj 
and took the form of a servant. 
lllii'iiiitl, Tmiin. in .V. ,r /, it, Phil. ii. 7. 
exinanition (eg-i'.in-a-nish'on), . [= F. exi- 
iKiiiitinii = Sp. isinaiiicion = Pg. u-inanicffo = 
. _ It. i-xiiiuiii^inni: < L. i.riinniitio(n-). an emptying. 
pp. <:rill. ]ipr. i-.riliii,/. [< ME. eiilen, < OF. < ij-imnii,; . emptv : seei.i-////Vi.] 1. Ajlmp- 
u-ilo: i-xxilli-r. I', i-j-ilt-r = I'r. i-xxillmr = It. i-i- tying or evacuation: a weakening. 
