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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Urgency

Ur'gence, n.

noun

n. Urgency. [Rare.]

Ur'gen-cy, n.

noun

n. [Fr. urgence, Sp. & Pg. urgencia, It. urgenza.]

  1. The quality of being urgent; importunity; earnest solicitation; as, the urgency of a request.
  2. Pressure of necessity; as, the urgency of want or distress; the urgency of the occasion.