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A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle.

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.

Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth

Exaggerated representation. By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen's head. Addison.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. Macaulay.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. I. Taylor.

The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.