A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
Impending; imminent.
Impending death is thine, and instant doom.
At once; immediately.
He left the room for his relinquished sword, / And Julia instant to the closet flew.
To urge, press (someone); to insist on, demand (something).
From French instant and Middle English instant, both from Old French, from Latin instans (“standing by, being near, present, also urgent, importunate”), present participle of instō (“to stand upon, pr...
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Urgent; pressing; acute.