Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Present (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
Present (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.
Present (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this 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 (a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
Presented (imp. & p. p.) of Present
Presenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of 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 (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 (a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
Present (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
Present (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Present (a.) To present; to personate.
Present (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
Present (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
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 (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 (a.) To bring an indictment against .
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 (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 (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
Present (n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
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 (a.) Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable.
Presentaneous (a.) Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.
Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Presentation (n.) exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.
Presentation (n.) That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a 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 (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 (a.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative.
Presentative (a.) Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage.
Presentative (a.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
Presentee (v. t.) One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice.
Presenter (n.) One who presents.
Presential (a.) Implying actual presence; present, immediate.
Presentiality (n.) State of being actually present.
Presentiate (v. t.) To make present.
Presentient (a.) Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
Presentific (a.) Making present.
Presentifical (a.) Presentific.
Presentiment (n.) 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 (a.) Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding.
Presention (n.) See Presension.
Presentive (a.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
Presently (adv.) At present; at this time; now.
Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by.
Presently (adv.) With actual presence; actually .
Presentment (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.
Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself.
Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Presentness (n.) The quality or state of being present; presence.
Presentoir (n.) An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.
Preservable (a.) Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.
Preservation (n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
Preservative (a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
Preservative (n.) That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
Preservatory (a.) Preservative.
Preservatories (pl. ) of Preservatory
Preservatory (n.) A preservative.
Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.
Preserved (imp. & p. p.) of Preserve
Preserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preserve
Preserve (v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.
Preserve (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.
Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.
Preserver (n.) One who makes preserves of fruit.
Preshow (v. t.) To foreshow.
Presided (imp. & p. p.) of Preside
Presiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preside
Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.
Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Presidence (n.) See Presidency.
Presidencies (pl. ) of Presidency
Presidency (n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
Presidency (n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
President (n.) Precedent.
President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
President (n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.
President (n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
President (n.) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
Presidential (a.) Presiding or watching over.
Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
Presidentship (n.) The office and dignity of president; presidency.
Presider (n.) One who presides.
Presidial (a.) Alt. of Presidiary
Presidiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.
Presidary (n.) A guard.
Presiding () a. & n. from Preside.
Presidio (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.