What is "in present"

Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]sent. See Present, a.]

1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.

   Past and present, wound in one.
   --Tennyson.

2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, `` Know all men by these presents,'' that is, by the writing itself, `` per has literas praesentes; '' -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.

3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

   At present, at the present time; now.

   For the present, for the tine being; temporarily.

   In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] ``With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.''
   --Milton.

prep.phr. (context obsolete English) At once, without delay.