Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN'STANT, a. [Fr. from L. instans, insto.]

1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Rom. xii.
2. Immediate; without intervening time; present. Impending death is thine and instant doom. Prior.
3. Quick; making no delay. Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope.
4. Present; current. On the tenth of July instant.