Current \Cur"rent\ (k?r"rent), a. [OE. currant, OF. curant,
   corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run,
   from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. Course,
   Concur, Courant, Coranto.]
   1. Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic]
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            Like the current fire, that renneth
            Upon a cord.                          --Gower.
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            To chase a creature that was current then
            In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
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   3. 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
      history.
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            That there was current money in Abraham's time is
            past doubt.                           --Arbuthnot.
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            Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
                                                  --Shak.
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            His current value, which is less or more as men have
            occasion for him.                     --Grew.
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   4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
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   5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic;
      passable.
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            O Buckingham, now do I play the touch
            To try if thou be current gold indeed. --Shak.
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   Account current. See under Account.

   Current money, lawful money. --Abbott.
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