ed with the sense of present time weakened or lost to express command, request, or admonition now hear this now you be sure to write
the time referred to now the trouble began
the time immediately before the present thought of them just now
since
the present
the present time [n -S]
ed with the sense of present time weakened or lost to introduce an important point or indicate a transition (as of ideas) now, this may seem reasonable at first
occasionally
the time immediately to follow forthwith come in now