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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,479 words match “RESENT”

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.

REPRESENTANCE n.

Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.

REPRESENTANT a. 2 definitions

Appearing or acting for another; representing.

REPRESENTATION n. 7 definitions

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

REPRESENTATIONARY a.

Implying representation; representative. [R.]

REPRESENTATIVE a. 12 definitions

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

REPRESENTATIVELY adv.

In a representative manner; vicariously.

REPRESENTATIVENESS n.

The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.

REPRESENTER n. 2 definitions

A representative. [Obs.] Swift.

REPRESENTMENT n.

Representation. [Obs.]

Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker.

breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate,…

etical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

ion; as, an abjuration of heresy. Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

More than; as, above five hundred were present.

etters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.