inst.adj.

Etymology: Shortened < instant adj. (as graphic abbreviation).

= instant adj. 2b.

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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > calendar > current

instant1547

inst.1771

1771 J. Wedgwood Let. 7 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 113 Letters of the 3rd 4th and 5th inst.

1954 M. Crooks & F. Dawson Dict. Typewriting (ed. 6) 146 The principal commercial abbreviations beginning with this letter [sc. the letter I] are—..Inst. [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

b. Said of the current calendar month; now elliptical as in the 10th instant, i.e. the tenth day of the current month. Abbreviated inst.

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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > calendar > current

instant1547

inst.1771

1547 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 377 I have appointed friends to convene the 18th day of this instant month.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 15 The 20. or 21. of that instant.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D5^v On tuesday beeing the thirteenth of this instaunt.

1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 510 The Message received from Your Majesty the seventh of this instant February.

1648 O. Cromwell Let. 18 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 653 We received yours from Falkirk of the 15th September instant.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2317/1 On the 8th Instant at 5 in the Morning, we discovered a Sail.

1708 A. Pope Corr. 28 Feb. (1956) I. 40 I have had yours of the 23d of this Instant.

1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 7 The Pope..will dye on the 11th Instant.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. v. 195 On the —— of this instant October, being Sabbath-Day.

1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 32 47 The proprietor of the Courier, on the 2d instant, has these words.

1900 N.E.D. at Instant Mod. In my letter of the 15th inst.

单词	inst
释义	inst.adj. Etymology: Shortened < instant adj. (as graphic abbreviation). = instant adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > calendar > current instant1547 inst.1771 1771 J. Wedgwood Let. 7 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 113 Letters of the 3rd 4th and 5th inst. 1954 M. Crooks & F. Dawson Dict. Typewriting (ed. 6) 146 The principal commercial abbreviations beginning with this letter [sc. the letter I] are—..Inst. [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmas inst b. Said of the current calendar month; now elliptical as in the 10th instant, i.e. the tenth day of the current month. Abbreviated inst. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > calendar > current instant1547 inst.1771 1547 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 377 I have appointed friends to convene the 18th day of this instant month. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 15 The 20. or 21. of that instant. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D5^v On tuesday beeing the thirteenth of this instaunt. 1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 510 The Message received from Your Majesty the seventh of this instant February. 1648 O. Cromwell Let. 18 Sept. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 653 We received yours from Falkirk of the 15th September instant. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2317/1 On the 8th Instant at 5 in the Morning, we discovered a Sail. 1708 A. Pope Corr. 28 Feb. (1956) I. 40 I have had yours of the 23d of this Instant. 1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 7 The Pope..will dye on the 11th Instant. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. v. 195 On the —— of this instant October, being Sabbath-Day. View more context for this quotation 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 32 47 The proprietor of the Courier, on the 2d instant, has these words. 1900 N.E.D. at Instant Mod. In my letter of the 15th inst. extracted from instantadj.adv. < adj.1771 as lemmas
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