Part 5920

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.</def> "They besought him <i>instantly</i>."

<i>Luke vii. 4.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See <er>Directly</er>.</syn>

<h1>Instar</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*star"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To stud as with stars.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A golden throne <i>instarred</i> with gems."

<i>J. Barlow.</i>

<h1>Instate</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*state"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Instated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Instating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; <as>as, to <ex>instate</ex> a person in greatness or in favor</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Instaurate</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stau"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Instaurated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Instaurating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>instauratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>instaurare</ets> to renew. See 1st <er>In-</er>, and <er>Store</er>.]</ety> <def>To renew or renovate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Instauration</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In`stau*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>instauratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>instauration</ets>.]</ety> <def>Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.</def>

<blockquote>Some great catastrophe or . . . <b>instauration</b>. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Instaurator</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In"stau*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>instaurateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who renews or restores to a former condition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Instaure</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*staure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Instaurate</er>.]</ety> <def>To renew or renovate; to instaurate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Instead</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stead"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> + <ets>stead</ets> place.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In the place or room; -- usually followed by <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Let thistles grow of wheat. <i>Job xxxi. 40.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Absalom made Amasa captain of the host <b>instead</b> of Joab. <i>2 Sam. xvii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with <i>of</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>This very consideration to a wise man is <b>instead</b> of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those times no such thing was believed. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>