To require instantly: to bee arnest on one to do: to inforce: to prease on: to solicite: to sticke to: to persist: to come on or immediately: to follow: to pursue & follow streightly: to auouch or affirme carnestly: to be nigh. Acrior instat: Vir. He is more eger vpon him. Cupidius instare. Cæs. Ferociter instar victis. Liu. Impensius instant. Oui. Lenius instare. Ouid. Not to be so earnest. Vi instat. Vir. Instare & premere. Mart. Instare res aliqua dicitur. Cic. To be vrgent or most necessarie. Nunc quod instat agamus. Vir. Instare, datiuo iunctum. Cic. To solicite: to preale on: to vrge, &c. Noli mihi instare vt iudicem. Ci. Vrge me not, or prease me not to iudge. Euincúntque instãdo, vt literæ sibi ad Tarquinios darentur Liu. With earnest soliciting they obteine, that, &c. Instabit huic loco. Quin. He shal vrge this, or bee earnest in this. Instare funeri. Plinius. To be earnest and diligent in setting forth the funeral. Furto feruidus instar. Virg. A nim us maioribus instat. Ouid. The mind is earnestly occupied about great matters. Instare operi. Vir. Earnestly to hast the worke forward. Instare vestigijs alterius. Plin. iun. Li. To follow one step by step: to imitate and follow his doings. Vestigijs institit sequi. Liu. He continueth to pursue and follow them that may as they had gone. Instabant vt datem sibi quod ornarent. Cicero. They were earnest vpon me. Thais instat vt hominem inuitet. Ter. Thais stil calleth vpõ him that he should bid him come in. Instat no mihi detur. Plaut. She is earnest, that, &c. Vnum etiam instare vt conficerentur nuptiæ. Ter. Instare vsqueadeo, donec adiurat anus, &c. Plaut. To bee so long earnest with the old woman vntil, &c. Vtrum hac, an illac iter institit? Plau. Did he goe this way or that may. Est ne hoc vt dico lítane rectam instas viam. Plaut. Thou art euen in the right way: it is euÊ as thou saiest. per trãslationem. Ego illud fedulò negare factum: ille instar factum. Ter. Hee maintaineth earnestly that it was done. Instatire ad eum. Plau. He continueth to goe to him. Instare. Sal. To be nigh: to be at hand. Noctem quæ instabat, ante capere. Sal. To preuÊt the night that was at hand. Nescis quid instet boni. Plau. Instare & imminere. Cæs. Instans bellum. Cic. Instant me tibi bona. Plaut. I wil doe thee pleasure ere it be long. Cædes instat miseris. Virg. The wretches wil be staine ere it be long. Dies instabat. Lucan. The day was almost come. Instat periculum. Lentulus ad Ciceronem. Is at hand. Partus propè instat. Teren. The time of hir trauaile is nigh at hand. Senecta instans. Hor. Instat relum. Plaut.

I. Lit.

A. In gen., constr. with dat., in and abl., or acc.

(a). With dat.: jugis, Verg. A. 11, 529.—

(b). With in and abl.: saxo in globoso, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Fragm. v. 367 Rib.): instans in medio triclinio, Suet. Tib. 72.—

(g). Absol., to draw nigh, approach; to impend, threaten: quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod, et poenas jam diu debitas aut instare jam plane, aut certe jam appropinquare, Cic. Cat. 2, 5: instant apparatissimi magnificentissimique ludi, id. Pis. 27: cum illi iter instaret, id. Att. 13, 23: quidquid subiti et magni discriminis instat, Juv. 6, 520: ante factis omissis, illud quod instet, agi oportere, the subject in hand, Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 37. — Of persons: cum legionibus instare Varum, Caes. B. C. 2, 43.—

(d). With acc. (ante-class.): tantum eum instat exitii, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 96.—

B. In partic., to press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten.—With dat., acc., or absol.

(a). With dat.: cedenti, Liv. 10, 36: vestigiis, id. 27, 12, 9: instantem regi cometen videre, Juv. 6, 407.—

(b). With acc.: si me instabunt (al. mi), Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 6.—

II. Trop.

A. To urge or press upon one, to insist; to pursue a thing (syn. urgeo): quamobrem urge, insta, perfice, Cic. Att. 13, 32, 1: accusatori, id. Font. 1: ille instat factum (esse), he insists upon the fact, Ter. And. 1, 1, 120.—To follow up eagerly, pursue; with dat. or acc.

(a). With dat.: instant operi regnisque futuris, Verg. A. 1, 504: talibus instans monitis (parens), Juv. 14, 210: non ignarus instandum famae, Tac. Agr. 18.—

(b). With acc., to urge forward, ply, transact with zeal or diligence: instant mercaturam, Nov. ap. Non. 212, 30 (Com. Rel. p. 223 Rib.): parte aliā Marti currumque, rotasque volucres Instabant, were hastening forward, working hard at, busily constructing, Verg. A. 8, 434: rectam viam, to go right, i. e. to be right, to hit the mark, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40: unum instare de indutiis vehementissime contendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 5; cf. Zumpt, Gram. 385.—

(g). Absol.: vox domini instantis, Juv. 14, 63.—

B. To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon: satis est, quod instat de Milone, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2: quod profecto cum sua sponte, tum, te instante, faciet, at your instance, your solicitation, id. Att. 3, 15.— With inf.: instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, 136.—With ut or ne: tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium, Cic. Quint. 10: uxor acriter tua instat, ne mihi detur, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 33; cf.: nunc nosmet ipsi nobis instemus, ut, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69.—Impers.: profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse, Liv. 2, 44.—Hence, instans, antis, P. a.

A. (Standing by, being near, i. e.) Present.

1. In gen.: quae venientia metuuntur, eadem efficiunt aegritudinem instantia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11: ex controversia futuri, raro etiam ex instantis aut facti, id. de Or. 2, 25, 105: tempus, Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: bellum, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24.—

2. In partic., gram. t. t.: tempus, i.q. praesens tempus, the present tense, the present, Quint. 5, 10, 42; Charis. p. 147 P. et saep.—

B. Pressing, urgent, importunate (post-Aug.): periculum, Nep. Paus. 3, 5: species terribilior jam et instantior, Tac. H. 4, 83: gestus acer atque instans, Quint. 11, 3, 92 sq.; cf.: argumentatio acrior et instantior, id. ib. 164: admonitio instantior, Gell. 13, 24, 19.—Adv.: instanter, vehemently, earnestly, pressingly: intente instanterque pronuntiare, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: petere, id. ib. 5, 7, 22: plura acriter et instanter incipere, Quint. 9, 3, 30: dicere, id. 9, 4, 126.— Comp.: instantius concurrere, to fight more vehemently, Tac. A. 6, 35. — Sup.: instantissime desiderare, Gell. 4, 18.