instaunt

Adjective

instant (not comparable)

1. (dated) Impending; imminent.
   • Impending death is thine, and instant doom.1703, Matthew Prior, an Ode to Colonel George Villiers

   Synonyms:

   pending, proximate, around the corner, at hand, forthcoming, imminent, impendent, impending, in the offing, in the wind

2. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
3. (dated) Insistent; persistent.
   • Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:12

   Synonyms:

   exigent, imperious, acute, bad, clamant, crying, dire, sore, rash, severe

4. Present; current; extant.
   • He received just two disciplinary reports prior to committing the instant offense, one in March 2019 for activating an alarm during a non-emergency situation, and one in May 2019 for failing to provide a urine specimen.December 28, 2019 Attorney Jeffery S. Levin, quoted in The Boston Globe, p. 3
5. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
   • I ſee no day to To day, the inſtant Time is alvvayes the fitteſt time.1645, Thomas Fuller, “Personall Meditations”, in Good Thoughts in Bad Times, […], Exeter, Devon: […] Thomas Hunt, →OCLC, section VIII, page 19

   Synonyms:

   instantaneous, flash, immediate, split-second, insta-, present

6. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.

   Synonyms:

   brief, transient, earthly, ephemeral, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive

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