instant

IN'STANT, adjective [Latin instans, insto.] 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12. 2. Immediate; without intervening time; present. Impending death is thine and instant doom. 3. Quick; making no delay. Instant he flew with hospitable haste. 4. Present; current. On the tenth of July instant IN'STANT, noun A point in duration; a moment; a part of duration in which we perceive no succession, or a part that occupies the time of a single thought. 1. A particular time.