*urgent*

a. [ L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise. ] Arising; coming to light. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. insurgent. ] A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.

Syn. -- See Rebel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge. ] Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. “The insurgent provinces.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection. ] Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. surgens, p. pr. ] Rising; swelling, as a flood. [ R. ] Robert Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. turgens, -entis, p. pr. of turgere to swell. ] 1. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Recompensed with turgent titles. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]