·adj Present; current.
II. Instant ·adv Instantly.
III. Instant ·adj Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
IV. Instant ·adj Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
V. Instant ·adj A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
VI. Instant ·adj 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. ·see Instant, ·adj, 3.