exigences
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Although we had been for many years on the verge of war, we had done comparatively nothing to meet its exigences, but stood and stupidly gazed into its fearful abyss.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
Lord Nelson now kindly condoled with her; and generously made up the small pittance left by his brother, whom he most tenderly loved, a regular annuity of two hundred pounds, besides providing for immediate exigences.
From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by Harrison, James
The blooming-season, according to the exigences of weather, begins from May 20 to June 10 in Indiana, and lasts about a week.
From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various
If travelers have ample transportation, it will be a wise precaution, in passing through the buffalo range, to lay in a supply of jerked meat for future exigences.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes
The Emperor, as I shall hereafter have occasion to notice, has very little surplus revenue at his disposal, and is frequently distressed for money to pay his army and other exigences of the state.
