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† momentane, a. and n. Obs.
Also 6 -tain, -tayne, 6–7 -taine.
[a. OF. momentain, ad. L. mōmentāneus momentary, f. mōment-um: see moment n. Cf. momentany a.]
A. adj. Lasting for a moment, momentary.
1510Hours Bl. Virg. 102 This life that is momentaine. 1555L. Saunders in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 182 Our tribulation, which is momentane and light, prepareth an exceding & an eternal weight of glory vnto vs. 1619Donne Serm. (1661) III. 271 Present any of the prophecies of the Revelation concerning Antichrist and a Papist will understand it of a single, and momentane, and transitory man, that must last but three yeer and a half. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 375 Promising them..for this momentaine sorrow, an incessant joy in Sion.
B. n. Math. = moment 3 b.
1708Misc. Curiosa II. 129 The Momentane of any Power.
Hence † momentanely adv. = momentarily 2.
a1631Donne Serm. (1661) III. 405 For the mercies of God work momentanely in minuts. |