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Webster 1913 Edition
Current
Cur′rent
(k?r′rent)
, Adj.
1.
Running or moving rapidly.
[Archaic]
Like the
Upon a cord.
current
fire, that rennethUpon a cord.
Gower.
To chase a creature that was
In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
current
thenIn these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
Tennyson.
2.
Now passing, as time;
as, the
. current
month3.
Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common;
as, a
. current
coin; a current
report; current
historyThat there was
current
money in Abraham’s time is past doubt. Arbuthnot.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce
current
. Shakespeare
His
current
value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew.
4.
Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
5.
Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
O Buckingham, now do I play the touch
To try if thou be
To try if thou be
current
gold indeed. Shakespeare
1.
A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it;
as, a
; that which resembles a stream in motion; current
of water or of airas, a
. current
of electricityTwo such silver
Do glorify the banks that bound them in.
currents
, when they join,Do glorify the banks that bound them in.
Shakespeare
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by
currents
, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. Nichol.
2.
General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement;
as, the
current
of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
Syn. – Stream; course. See
Stream
. Webster 1828 Edition
Current
CURRENT
,Adj.
1.
Literally, flowing, running, passing. Hence, passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating; as current opinions; current coin. Hence, common, general or fashionable; generally received; popular; as the current notions of the day or age; current folly.2.
Established by common estimation; generally received; as the current value of coin.3.
Passable; that may be allowed or admitted.4.
Now passing; present in its course; as the current month or year.CURRENT
,Noun.
1.
A flowing or passing; a stream; applied to fluids; as a current of water, or of air. The gulf stream is a remarkable current in the Atlantic. A current sets into the Mediterranean.2.
Course; progressive motion, or movement; continuation; as the current of time.3.
A connected series; successive course; as the current of events.4.
General or main course; as the current of opinion.