Now

adv.	1.
	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, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. - John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. - South. Now and again now and then; occasionally. Now and now again and again; repeatedly. Now and then at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. - Chaucer. Now now at this very instant; precisely now. - Drayton. Now . . . now alternately; at one time . . . at another time. - J. Webster (1607).
a.	1.	Existing at the present time; present.
n.	1.	The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. - Cowley.

Noun	1.	now - the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"
Adv.	1.	now - at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" Synonyms: at present
	2.	now - in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" Synonyms: nowadays, today
	3.	now - in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
	4.	now - (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."
	5.	now - used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"
	6.	now - without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Synonyms: forthwith, immediately, in real time, instantly, like a shot, right away, straight off, straightaway, at once, directly
	7.	now - in the immediate past; "told me just now"

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