a. Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase. ] To decrease. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Decrease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. -- n., sing. & pl. A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See See, v. t. ] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To provide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being such as may reasonable be anticipated; as, foreseeable costs were well within the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

conj., or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who foresees or foreknows. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To seize beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A device. See Impresa. [ 1913 Webster ]

An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being represented or portrayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make an incorrect or untrue representation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who misrepresents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or power of being multipresent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multipresence of Christ's body. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + present, a. ] Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Navarre. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Art) not intended to realistically represent a physical object; -- of visual art work. Opposite of representational. [ Narrower terms: abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective ; conventional, formal, schematic ; geometric, geometrical ; protogeometric ; semiabstract ] Also See: abstract.
Syn. -- nonobjective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Not standing for something else. Opposite of representative.
Syn. -- unsymbolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Not giving a true representation of the characteristics of a group; -- of a sample or subgroup of a group; as, the weather we had in the summer of 1996 gave a nonrepresentative view of our normal weather.
Syn. -- biased, unrepresentative. [ PJC ]

n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. omniprésence. ] Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

His omnipresence fills
Land, sea, and air, and every kind that lives. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Omnipresence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Omni- + present: cf. F. omniprésent. ] Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Implying universal presence. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pluri- + presence. ] Presence in more places than one. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. préséance. See Preside. ] Priority of place in sitting.[ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To select beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. présence, L. praesentia. See Present. ] 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrath shell be no more
Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such a presence here to plead my thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

An't please your grace, the two great cardinals.
Wait in the presence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Sovran Presence thus replied. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company. [ 1913 Webster ]

Odmar, of all this presence does contain,
Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. “Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Presence chamber, or
Presence room, the room in which a great personage receives company. Addison. “ Chambers of presence.” Bacon. --
Presence of mind, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous sensation, notion, or idea. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praesensio, fr. praesentire to perceive beforehand. See Presentient. ] Previous perception. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. présent, L. praesens, -entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See Essence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. [ 1913 Webster ]

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll bring thee to the present business Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. “A present recompense.” “A present pardon.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Favorably attentive; propitious. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To find a god so present to my prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Present tense (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. présent. See Present, a. ] 1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. [ 1913 Webster ]

Past and present, wound in one. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Presented; p. pr. & vb. n. Presenting. ] [ F. présenter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See Present, a. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. Job i. 6 [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. [ 1913 Webster ]

So ladies in romance assist their knight,
Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. [ 1913 Webster ]

My last, least offering, I present thee now. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy on her son Marcellus. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To present; to personate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. In specific uses; (a) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . Lamb. (c) 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. (d) 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. (e) To bring an indictment against . [ U.S ] (f) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pesent arms (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. présent . ] Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Gift; donation; donative; benefaction. See Gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. présentable. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. [ R. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praesentaneus. See Present, a. ] Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. F. présentation. ] 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Presentation copy, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties. [ 1913 Webster ]

The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . . in contrast and correlation to a “representative faculty.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. présenté, p. p. See Present, v. t. ] One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who presents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. praesentialis. ] Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God's mercy is made presential to us. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pre*sen"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. State of being actually present. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]