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