īnstāns antis, adj.with comp.
P. of insto, present, immediate : quae venientia metuuntur, eadem efficiunt aegritudinem instantia: bellum. — Pressing, urgent : periculum, N.: species instantior, Ta.
instans, P. a., v. insto fin. ...
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