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] A dull, silent person; a blockhead. [Obs.]
Spenser.

Mo"ment (?), n. [F. moment, L.
momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr.
movere to move. See Move, and cf. Momentum,
Movement.] 1. A minute portion of time; a
point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye.

1 Cor. xv. 52.

2. Impulsive power; force;
momentum.

The moments or quantities of motion in
bodies.

Berkley.

Touch, with lightest moment of impulse,

His free will.

Milton.

3. Importance, as in influence or effect;
consequence; weight or value; consideration.

Matters of great moment.

Shak.

It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less
moment and consequence of us than the others.

Bentley.

4. An essential element; a deciding point,
fact, or consideration; an essential or influential
circumstance.

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