"Present" is a word in ENGLISH
Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's
perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
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.
Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a
Christmas present.
To nominate for support at a public school or other
institution .
To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a
pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with
a donation; also, to court by gifts.
A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the
present tense.
To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in
charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain
contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand
at present.
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.
To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the
bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
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.
To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a
formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
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.
To bring an indictment against .
Favorably attentive; propitious.
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.
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 time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
To present; to personate.
The Son of God became man so that we might become God.
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Read the complete definitionMore than; as, above five hundred were present.
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Read the complete definitionUp to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of …
Read the complete definitionInattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Read the complete definitionBeing away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
Read the complete definitionTo withhold from being present.
Read the complete definitionAbsence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
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Read the complete definitionCapable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an …
Read the complete definitionOne who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Read the complete definitionIn criminal law. Con*; tributing to or aiding in the commission of a crime, one who, without being present at; …
Read the complete definitionThe act of a woman in giving birth to a child. The fact of the accouchement, proved by a person …
Read the complete definitionThat is in action; that demands action; actually subsisting; the oppo-site of passive. An active debt is one which draws …
Read the complete definitionIn action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
Read the complete definitionReal; substantial; existing presently in act, having a valid objective existence as opposed to that which ls mere-ly theoretical or …
Read the complete definitionTo present, bring forward, offer, introduce. Used particularly with refer-euce to evidence. Tuttle v. Story County, 56 Iowa, 316, 9 …
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