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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>INST</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="inspissated"> inspissated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> thickened or made dense. Ex. (Figurative.) inspissated gloom. </DL> <A NAME="inst"> inst.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. instant. Ex. "The 10th inst." means "the tenth day of the present month." <DD> 2. institute. <DD> 3. institution. <DD> 4. instrumental. </DL> <A NAME="inst"> Inst.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Institute. <DD> 2. Institution. </DL> <A NAME="instability"> instability, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of firmness; liability to fall, give way, or change; being unstable; unsteadiness. Ex. Lincoln dreaded the effects of another family death on his wife's neurotic instability (Newsweek). (SYN) unstableness. <DD> 2. an instance of this. </DL> <A NAME="instable"> instable, adjective. =unstable.</DL> <A NAME="install"> install or instal, transitive verb, -stalled, -stalling.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to place (a person) in office with ceremonies. Ex. The new judge was installed without delay. (SYN) inaugurate. <DD> 2. to establish (in a place or condition); settle. Ex. The cat installed itself in a chair near the fireplace. (SYN) ensconce. <DD> 3. to put in place for use. Ex. The new owner of the house had a telephone installed. noun installer. </DL> <A NAME="installation"> installation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or fact of installing. Ex. The installation of a new mayor. The installation of more electric lights made the room brighter. <DD> 2. the state of being installed. Ex. I attended my mother's installation as president of the P.T.A. <DD> 3. something installed, especially machinery, electrical equipment, telephones, etc., placed in position for use. <DD> 4. an art work assembled out of ordinary objects. Ex. The current vogue is for "installations" ... rearranged cases of beer, or video screens flickering with images of the homeless (New York Times Magazine). <DD> 5. a military base or camp, including personnel, equipment, and buildings. </DL> <A NAME="installationart"> installation art,<DL COMPACT><DD> art that consists of ordinary objects assembled into a composition or installation. Ex. Her installations, the first of which she conceived decades before installation art came into its own (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="installment"> installment (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a part of a sum of money or of a debt to be paid at stated times. Ex. The furniture cost $100; we paid for it in installments of $10 a month for ten months. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) one of several parts issued at different times. Ex. This magazine has a serial story appearing in six installments. </DL> <A NAME="installment"> installment (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the action of installing. Ex. the installment of electric lights in a house. <DD> 2. the fact of being installed. Ex. our installment in our new home. </DL> <A NAME="installmentplan"> installment plan,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a system of paying for goods in installments. Ex. The Kleins seemed to need a great many things and bought them all on the installment plan (Saul Bellow). </DL> <A NAME="instalment"> instalment, noun. =installment.</DL> <A NAME="instance"> instance, noun, verb, -stanced, -stancing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person or thing serving as an example; illustration; case. Ex. Lincoln is an instance of a poor boy who became famous. Television is an instance of improved communication facilities. <DD> 2. a stage or step in an action; occasion. Ex. I went in the first instance because I was asked to go. <DD> 3. a request; suggestion; urging. Ex. He came at our instance. At the instance of the losing team we agreed to play them again next week. (SYN) instigation. <DD> 4. (Law.) a process or function in a court of law. <DD> 5. (Archaic.) urgent entreaty; persistence. <DD> 6. (Obsolete.) <DD> a. an impelling motive. Ex. Tell him his fears are shallow, wanting instance (Shakespeare). <DD> b. a sign; token. Ex. I beg you to accept a guinea as a small instance of my gratitude (Henry Fielding). <DD>v.t. 1. to give as an example; cite. Ex. He instanced the fly as a dirty insect. <DD> 2. to show by an instance; exemplify. <DD>v.i. to cite an instance. expr. for instance, as an example; for example. Ex. His many different hobbies include, for instance, skating and stamp collecting. The daily motion of the earth is very different in different parts--at the equator and at a pole, for instance (J. Norman Lockyer). </DL> <A NAME="instancy"> instancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being instant; pressing nature; urgency; pressure; immediateness. </DL> <A NAME="instant"> instant, noun, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a particular moment. Ex. Stop talking this instant! <DD> 2. a moment of time. Ex. He paused for an instant. <DD>adj. 1. coming at once; without delay; immediate. Ex. The medicine gave instant relief from pain. <DD> 2. pressing; urgent. Ex. When there is a fire, there is an instant need for action. (SYN) importunate. <DD> 3. dehydrated, crystallized or powdered, and often precooked, so that only hot water or milk is added to prepare for serving. Ex. instant coffee, instant potatoes, instant pudding. <DD> 4. of the present month; present. "The 10th instant" means "the tenth day of the present month." <DD> 5. close at hand; impending; imminent. Ex. The evil which to me in other stations may seem far distant, to him is instant, and ever before his eyes (Sir Richard Steele). <DD> 6. (Figurative.) designed to work quickly or produce quick results. Ex. instant math. The Socialists favour the creation of "instant soldiers" with basic training limited to six months (London Times). <DD>adv. (Archaic.) instantly; at once. Ex. You, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up (Shakespeare). expr. on the instant, at once; forthwith; immediately. Ex. He ran for the ball on the instant. expr. the instant, just as soon as. Ex. The instant he leaves you, you, all the world, are nothing to him (Horace Walpole). noun instantness. </DL> <A NAME="instantaneity"> instantaneity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being instantaneous. </DL> <A NAME="instantaneous"> instantaneous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. coming or done in an instant. Ex. A flash of lightning is instantaneous. When the speaker finished talking, the applause was instantaneous. <DD> 2. existing at or having to do with a particular instant. Ex. the instantaneous velocity of something. adv. instantaneously. noun instantaneousness. </DL> <A NAME="instantcamera"> instant camera,<DL COMPACT><DD> a camera that develops its pictures, ejecting each one soon after it is taken. </DL> <A NAME="instanter"> instanter, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> at once; immediately. Ex. "I promised to lend you that book ... I will get it for you instanter" (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="instantiate"> instantiate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to give an instance or instances of; substantiate with concrete examples. </DL> <A NAME="instantize"> instantize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make instant; make available in instant (premixed, precooked, or otherwise prepared) form. </DL> <A NAME="instantlottery"> instant lottery,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a type of lottery in which tickets are so marked, usually with matching numbers or symbols, that the players learn upon buying them whether they are winners without having to wait for a drawing. </DL> <A NAME="instantly"> instantly, adverb, conjunction.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. 1. in an instant; at once; immediately. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) urgently; persistently. Ex. When they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly (Luke 7:4). <DD>conj. the moment that; as soon as. </DL> <A NAME="instanton"> instanton, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hypothetical quantum unit for the interaction occurring between states of the lowest energy. Ex. Instantons ... affect the interactions between quarks (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="instantreplay"> instant replay,<DL COMPACT><DD> the instantaneous playback, often in slow motion, of a videotape or any part of it on television. Ex. Don Drysdale, the Dodger starter, was out so fast that he could have watched himself on instant replay (Time). </DL> <A NAME="instar"> instar (1), transitive verb, -starred, -starring.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to place in the sky as a star. Ex. Jove instarred Castor and Pollux after Castor's death. <DD> 2. to set with stars or with anything suggesting stars. Ex. a bracelet instarred with diamonds. </DL> <A NAME="instar"> instar (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the particular stage of an insect or other arthropod between moltings. </DL> <A NAME="instate"> instate, transitive verb, -stated, -stating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to put into a certain state, position, or office; install. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) <DD> a. to endow; invest. <DD> b. to confer upon. noun instatement. </DL> <A NAME="instatupupillari"> in statu pupillari,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in a state of pupilage; subject to collegiate laws, discipline, and officers: </DL> <A NAME="instatuquo"> in statu quo,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in the same situation, condition, or state. </DL> <A NAME="instauration"> instauration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> restoration, renovation, renewal, or repair. </DL> <A NAME="instaurator"> instaurator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a restorer; renovator. </DL> <A NAME="instead"> instead, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in another's place; as a substitute. Ex. She stayed home, and her sister went riding instead. expr. instead of, rather than; in place of; as a substitute for. Ex. Instead of studying, she watched TV. </DL> <A HREF="instep.dic">NEXT</A>