| Represent |
v. t. |
To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present. |
| Represent |
v. t. |
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3. |
| Representable |
a. |
Capable of being represented. |
| Representance |
n. |
Representation; likeness. |
| Representant |
a. |
Appearing or acting for another; representing. |
| Representant |
n. |
A representative. |
| Representation |
n. |
The act of representing, in any sense of the verb. |
| Representation |
n. |
That which represents. |
| Representation |
n. |
A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. |
| Representation |
n. |
A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet. |
| Representation |
n. |
A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. |
| Representation |
n. |
The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress. |
| Representation |
n. |
Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced. |
| Representation |
n. |
The state of being represented. |
| Representationary |
a. |
Implying representation; representative. |
| Representative |
a. |
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. |
| Representative |
a. |
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. |
| Representative |
a. |
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. |
| Representative |
a. |
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. |
| Representative |
a. |
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions;
said of certain species and varieties. |
| Representative |
a. |
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. |
| Representative |
n. |
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. |
| Representative |
n. |
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. |
| Representative |
n. |
One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. |
| Representative |
n. |
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. |
| Representative |
n. |
That which presents the full character of the type of a group. |
| Representative |
n. |
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region. |
| Representatively |
adv. |
In a representative manner; vicariously. |
| Representativeness |
n. |
The quality or state of being representative. |
| Representer |
n. |
One who shows, exhibits, or describes. |
| Representer |
n. |
A representative. |
| Representment |
n. |
Representation. |
