instant

Definitions

1. 1.I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation. Carlyle.
2. 2.Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. Impending death is thine, and instant doom. Prior.
3. 3.Present; current. The instant time is always the fittest time. Fuller. Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant.
4. 4.Instantly. [Poetic] Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope.
5. 5.A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment. There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being. Hooker.
6. 6.A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is instant.

• What is i am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation. Carlyle called?
• What is closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. Impending death is thine, and instant doom. Prior called?
• What is present; current. The instant time is always the fittest time. Fuller. Note: The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant called?
• What is instantly. [Poetic] Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope called?
• What is a point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment. There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being. Hooker called?
• What is a day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3 called?