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current adj.: often allusively used in ref. to ‘current coin’=(i) common R2 V. iii. 123; (ii) sterling, genuine 1H4 II. i. 59 “holds ” (= proves true), R3 I. ii. 84 “make No excuse ,” I. iii. 256, II. i. 95 “ from suspicion” (= sound and not attacked by suspicion), H8 I. iii. 47 “Held music” (ellipt. = have it considered good music).