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state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. Hooker.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.

Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

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

A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.

Implying representation; representative. [R.]

A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes.

the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

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

The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.

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

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

A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

That of which the type pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.…