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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Now \Now\ (nou), adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[=u], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[=u], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. ny`, ny^n, Skr. nu, n[=u]. [root]193. Cf. {New}.] [1913 Webster] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. [1913 Webster] I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Very lately; not long ago. [1913 Webster] They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. [1913 Webster] The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. [1913 Webster] 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. [1913 Webster] How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor? --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood." --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] "Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." --Pope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Now \Now\, a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness." --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Now \Now\, n. The present time or moment; the present. [1913 Webster] Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: now adv 1: 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" 2: 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" [syn: {nowadays}, {now}, {today}] 3: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention" 4: 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" [syn: {now}, {at present}] 5: 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!" [syn: {immediately}, {instantly}, {straightaway}, {straight off}, {directly}, {now}, {right away}, {at once}, {forthwith}, {like a shot}] 6: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..." 7: in the immediate past; "told me just now" n 1: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: NOW Network Of Workstations (Cluster)