Present
Definition of Present
Pres´ent | a. | 1. | | | 1. | Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; - opposed to absent. | | 2. | Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance. | | 3. | Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. | | 4. | Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. | | 5. | Favorably attentive; propitious. | | n. | 1. | Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. | | 2. | (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " - in this sense, rarely used in the singular. | | 3. | (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.| At present | | at the present time; now. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. | | 2. | To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. | | 3. | To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. | | 4. | To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. | | 5. | Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. | | 6. | To present; to personate. | | 7. | To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. | | 8. | To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . | | v. i. | 1. | (Med.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; - said of a part of an infant during labor. | | n. | 1. | Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present. | | 1. | (Mil.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present. |
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