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Present [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]

2. Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.

3. Being before the face or near; being in company. Inquire of some of the gentlemen present

4. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John 14:25 .

5. Being now in view or under consideration. In the present instance, facts will not warrant the conclusion. The present question must be decided on different principles.

6. Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future; as the present session of congress. The court is in session at the present time. We say, a present good, the present year or age.

7. Ready at hand; quick in emergency; as present wit.

8. 'Tis a high point of philosophy and virtue for a man to be present to himself.

9. Favorably attentive; not heedless; propitious.

10. Nor could I hope in any place but there

11. To find a god so present to my prayer.

12. Not absent of mind; not abstracted; attentive.

13. The present an elliptical expression for the present time.

14. At present elliptically for, at the present time.

15. Present tense, in grammar, the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time, as I am writing; or something that exists at all times, as virtue is always to be preferred to vice; or it expresses habits or general truths, as plants spring from the earth; fishes swim; reptiles creep; birds fly; some animals subsist on herbage, others are carnivorous.

Present [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which is presented or given; a gift; a donative; something given or offered to another gratuitously; a word of general application. Genesis 32:13 .

2. Presents' in the plural, is used in law for 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 presentes. In this sense, it is rarely used in the singular.

Present [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior, as to present an envoy to the king; and with the reciprocal pronoun, to come into the presence of a superior.

2. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord. Job 1:6 .

3. To exhibit to view or notice. The top of Mount Holyoke, in Hampshire county, in Massachusetts, presents one of the finest prospects in America.

4. To offer; to exhibit.

5. O hear what to my mind first thoughts present

6. He is ever ready to present to us the thoughts or observations of others.

7. To give; to offer gratuitously for reception. The first President of the American Bible Society, presented to that institution ten thousand dollars.

8. To put into the hands of another in ceremony.

9. So ladies in romance assist their knight,

10. Present the spear, and arm him for the fight.

11. To favor with a gift; as, we present a man with a suit of clothes. Formerly the phrase was, to present a person.

12. Octavia presented the poet, for his admirable elegy on her son Marcellus.

13. [This use is obsolete.]

14. To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

15. 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.

16. To offer.

17. He--presented battle to the French navy, which was refused.

18. To lay before a public body for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.

19. To lay before a court of judicature as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of a crime or offense. It is the duty of grand juries to present all breaches of law within their knowledge. In America, grand juries present whatever they think to be public injuries, by notifying them to the public with their censure.

20. To point a weapon, particularly some species of fire-arms; as, to present a musket to the breast of another; in manual exercise, to present arms.

21. To indict; a customary use of the word in the United Stats.

Present [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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.

3. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

4. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.

5. Favorably attentive; propitious.

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

7. 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.

8. A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

9. 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.

10. To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.

11. To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.

12. To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.

13. Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.

14. To present; to personate.

15. To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

16. To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. To bring an indictment against .

20. 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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.

2. The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.

Present [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Presentable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That may be presented; that may be exhibited or represented.

2. That may be offered to a church living; as a presentable clerk.

3. That admits of the presentation of a clerk; as a church presentable [Unusual.]

Presentable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable.

Presentaneous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Ready; quick; immediate; as presentaneous poison.

Presentaneous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.

Presentation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of presenting.

2. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

3. Exhibition; representation; display; as the presentation of fighting on the stage.

4. In ecclesiastical law, the act of offering a clerk to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice. An advowson is he right of presentation

5. If the bishop admits the patron's presentation the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

6. The right of presenting a clerk. The patron has the presentation of the benefice.

Presentation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

2. exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.

3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation.

4. The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.

5. 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 [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In ecclesiastical affairs, that has the right of presentation, or offering a clerk to the bishop for institution. Advowsons are presentative collative or donative.

2. An advowson presentative is where the patron hath a right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary.

3. That admits the presentation of a clerk; as a presentative parsonage.

Presentative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative.

2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage.

3. Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.

Presented [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Offered; given; exhibited to view; accused.

Presented [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Presentee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One presented to a benefice.

Presentee [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice.

Presenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that presents.

Presenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who presents.

Presential [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Supposing actual presence. [Little used.]

Presential [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Implying actual presence; present, immediate.

Presentiality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being present. [Little used.]

Presentiality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

State of being actually present.

Presentiate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make present. [Little used.]

Presentiate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make present.

Presentient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Feeling or perceiving beforehand.

Presentific [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

PRESENTIF'IC

Presentific [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Making present. [Not in use.]

Presentific [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Making present.

Presentifical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Presentific.

Presentificly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In such a manner as to make present. [Not in use.]

Presentiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Previous conception, sentiment or opinion; previous apprehension of something future.

Presentiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding.

Presenting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Presention [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Presension.

Presentive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.

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Genesis 32:13

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

Genesis 32:18

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

Genesis 32:20

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 32:21

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

Genesis 33:10

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

Genesis 43:11

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Genesis 43:15

And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:25

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

Genesis 43:26

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Genesis 47:2

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:7

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Exodus 10:25

And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

Exodus 13:12

That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’S.

you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

Exodus 22:14

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

Exodus 22:15

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

Exodus 29:3

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.

Exodus 29:4

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

Exodus 29:8

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

Present his sons as well and clothe them with tunics.

Exodus 29:10

And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.