| Present |
a. |
Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits;
opposed to absent. |
| Present |
a. |
Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance. |
| Present |
a. |
Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. |
| Present |
a. |
Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. |
| Present |
a. |
Favorably attentive; propitious. |
| Present |
a. |
Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. |
| Present |
a. |
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. |
| Present |
a. |
A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. |
| Present |
a. |
To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. |
| Present |
a. |
To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. |
| Present |
a. |
To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. |
| Present |
a. |
To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. |
| Present |
a. |
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. |
| Present |
a. |
To present; to personate. |
| Present |
a. |
To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. |
| Present |
a. |
To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . |
| Present |
a. |
To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment. |
| Present |
a. |
To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries. |
| Present |
a. |
To bring an indictment against . |
| Present |
a. |
To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. |
| Present |
v. i. |
To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination;
said of a part of an infant during labor. |
| Present |
n. |
Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present. |
| Present |
n. |
The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present. |
| Present value |
|
Alt. of worth |
| Presentable |
a. |
Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown. |
| Presentable |
a. |
Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. |
| Presentaneous |
a. |
Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. |
| Presentation |
n. |
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. |
| Presentation |
n. |
exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. |
| Presentation |
n. |
That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. |
| Presentation |
n. |
The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman. |
| Presentation |
n. |
The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth;
specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation. |
| Presentative |
a. |
Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. |
| Presentative |
a. |
Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage. |
| Presentative |
a. |
Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties. |
| Presented |
imp. & p. p. |
of Present |
| Presentee |
v. t. |
One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice. |
| Presenter |
n. |
One who presents. |
| Presential |
a. |
Implying actual presence; present, immediate. |
| Presentiality |
n. |
State of being actually present. |
| Presentiate |
v. t. |
To make present. |
| Presentient |
a. |
Feeling or perceiving beforehand. |
| Presentific |
a. |
Making present. |
| Presentifical |
a. |
Presentific. |
| Presentiment |
n. |
Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding. |
| Presentimental |
a. |
Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. |
| Presenting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Present |
| Presention |
n. |
See Presension. |
| Presentive |
a. |
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination;
distinguished from symbolic. |
| Presently |
adv. |
At present; at this time; now. |
| Presently |
adv. |
At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. |
| Presently |
adv. |
With actual presence; actually . |
| Presentment |
n. |
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. |
| Presentment |
n. |
Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. |
| Presentment |
n. |
The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself. |
| Presentment |
n. |
The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. |
| Presentness |
n. |
The quality or state of being present; presence. |
| Presentoir |
n. |
An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver. |
