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Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [Obs.] God's mercy is made presential to us. Jer. Taylor. -- Pre*sen"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.]

State of being actually present. [Obs.] South.

To make present. [Obs.]

Feeling or perceiving beforehand.

Making present. [Obs.] -- Pres`en*tif"ic*ly, adv. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Presentific. [Obs.]

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.

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.

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

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.

Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. "Quintessential extract of mediocrity." G. Eliot.

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

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

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.

Capable of being represented.

Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.