Hypertext Webster Gateway: "urgent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Urgent \Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F.
urgent. See {Urge}.]
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity;
calling for immediate attention; instantly important. ``The
urgent hour.'' --Shak.
Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker.
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they
might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii.
33.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
urgent
adj : compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of
longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'";
"bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: {pressing}]
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