• MEASURE OF TIME
• ADVERBS OF TIME

• Box + bars
  • box shaped clock
    • clock + right angled bars
      • time
    • clock + oblique bars
      • past
      • future
    • clock + straight bar
      • present
• circle + bars
  • circular clock
    • clock + oblique and vertical bars
      • wheel of time
• simple bars
  • bars + angular head
    • clock hand , arrow , hand of time
• Relation with time
  • relation with space and time
    • action
      • corporeal actions
      • motion
        • locomotion
      • process
      • operation
      • function

I. By TIME, Tract, Tide, Process, Opportunity, Season, Continuance, is meant continued successive Quantity, having for its common term, IN∣STANT, Moment, Trice, Nick.

This is distinguishable according to the

Simple differences of it.

• PRESENT, at this time, now, immediately, instantly▪ current, ready.
  • PAST, expired, former, fore-going, ago, already, even now, hereto∣fore, gone, over, out, a-late, erewhile, long since.
  • FVTVRE, time to come, after-time, hereafter, presently, anon, by and by, shortly, straitway, ere long, henceforth, process of time, after a long while.

• Mixed relations of it.

• Comparative; betwixt
  • The Existings of several things; whether ‖ both together in the same time: or whether in diverse times, so that one is before or after the other.
    • SIMULTANEOUS, of the same time, Synchronism▪ contemporary, compatible, consist, together, concomitant.
    • DISTANT,
      • PRECEDING, antecedent, former, foregoing, previ∣ous, Priority, before, take place, get the start, Predeces∣sor, premise.
      • SVCCEEDING, latter, Posteriority, succedaneous, hinder, follow, go after, Successor.
  • The Considerations of the same thing at several times; whether
    • Past; ‖ little: or much.
      • NEWNESS, Renovation, innovate, renew, anew, Neoteric, Neo∣phyte, novel, Novice, Puny, modern, fresh, upstart, green, late, last, a little while ago.
      • OLDNESS, ancient, Antiquity, pristin, senior, stale, inveterate, of long standing, yore, obsolete, out of date, a long while ago.
    • Future; ‖ little: or much
      • SOONNESS, sudden, early, rath, betimes, forthwith, shortly, pre∣sently, eftsoon, quickly, in a trice, out of hand, imminent, immedi∣ate, incontinent, instant, ready, anticipate, accelerate, put on, rid way, in the turning of a hand, twinckling of an eye, timely, spee∣dily, in hast, after a little time.
      • LATENESS, tardy, last, adjourn, defer, delay, put off, out of date, di∣latory, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, respite, retard, after a long while, far in the day.

• Absolute;
  • Particular;
    • Determinate; expressing ‖ at what time a thing was: or from whence it is to be reckoned.
      • DATE.
      • EPOCHA, Hegira.
    • Indeterminate; expressing only the
      • Continuing of it; ‖ a great: or little time.
        • PERMANENCY, lasting, abiding, continuing, durable, stay, remain, persevere, enduring, incessant, indelible, perennial, tedious, hold out, of standing.
        • TRANSITORINESS, fading, flitting, frail, glance, transient, temporary, short, for a spirt, for a little while, quickly gone.
      • Recurring of it; ‖ many: or few times.
        • FREQUENCY, often, ever and anon, thick, rife, common, recourse, resort.
        • SELDOMNESS, rare, scarce, strange, unusual, thin, desuetude.
  • Vniversal;
    • Collective; when a thing continues ‖ throughout the whole time: or only some intermediate parts of it.
      • PERPETUITY, continual, incessant, still, at all times, alwayes.
      • AT TIMES, temporary, by snatches, by fits, bout, ever and anon, now and then, respit, sometimes.
    • Distributive; when a thing exists ‖ in every part of time: or not in any part of it.
      • EVERNESS, Eternity, endless, for ever and ever, always.
      • NEVERNESS.