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(), adv.[OE. nou, nu, AS. n, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n, Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. , , Skr. nu, n. 193. Cf. New.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, Now a.Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness." Glanvill. Now n.The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley. スポンサード リンク
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