Present :: Present (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.

Present :: Present (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.

Present :: Present (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present..

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 :: Present (a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense..

Present :: 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 :: 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 :: Present (a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over..

Present :: Present (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer..

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

Present :: Present (a.) To present; to personate.

Present :: Present (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

Present :: Present (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .

Present :: 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 :: 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 :: Present (a.) To bring an indictment against .

Present :: 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 :: 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 :: Present (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present..

Present :: Present (n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present..

Presentable :: 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 :: Presentable (a.) Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable..

Presentaneous :: Presentaneous (a.) Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison..

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal..

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation..

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

Presentative :: Presentative (a.) Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage..

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