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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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PRESENTIFICAL a.

Presentific. [Obs.]

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. [R.] Coleridge.

See Presension. [Obs.]

Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. -- Pre*sent"ive*ly, adv. -- Pre*sent"ive*ness, n.

PRESENTLY adv. 3 definitions

At present; at this time; now. [Obs.] The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney.

PRESENTMENT n. 4 definitions

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. " Upon the heels of my presentment." Shak.

The quality or state of being present; presence. [Obs.] "Presentness of mind in danger." Clarendon.

An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.

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. Give us particulars of thy preservation. Shak.

PRESERVATIVE a. 2 definitions

Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

PRESERVATORY a. 3 definitions

Preservative. Bp. Hall.

PRESERVE v. 7 definitions

destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Now, good angels preserve the king. Shak.

PRESERVER n. 2 definitions

One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another. Shak.

A bedbug. [R or Obs.]

To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

RE-PRESENTATION n.

The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

REPRESENT v. 8 definitions

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. Milton.

REPRESENTABLE a.

Capable of being represented.