INDEFINITE TIME

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

• TENSES INDICATORS , 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
  • Comparative time ; 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        • OLDNESS, ancient, Antiquity, pristin, senior, stale, inveterate, of long standing, yore, obsolete, out of date, a long while ago.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        • LATENESS, tardy, last, adjourn, defer, delay, put off, out of date, di∣latory, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, respite, retard, after a long while, far in the day.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.