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(<i>n.</i>) A brief duration; a split second\; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.<p>2. (<i>a.</i>) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.<p>3. (<i>a.</i>) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.<p>4. (<i>a.</i>) Present; current.<p>5. (<i>adv.</i>) Instantly.<p>6. (<i>n.</i>) 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. 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