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Corsepresent
Corsepresent Corse"pres`ent (k?rs"pr?z`ent or k?rs"-), n.
(Engl.Law)
An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead
body. --Blackstone.
Game preserverPreserver Pre*serv"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from
destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the
life or character of another. --Shak.
2. One who makes preserves of fruit.
Game preserver. See under Game. impreseImpresa Im*pre"sa, n. [It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress,
n., 4.] (Her.)
A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the
like. [Written also imprese and impress.]
My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel
for shelter. --J. Webster. ImpreseImprese Im*prese", n.
A device. See Impresa.
An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in
picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or
learned personages. --Camden. Irrepresentable
Irrepresentable Ir*rep`re*sent"a*ble, a.
Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Life-preserverLife-preserver Life"-pre*serv`er
(l[imac]f"pr[-e]*z[~e]rv`[~e]r), n.
An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various
materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the
body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a. Life-preservingLife-preserver Life"-pre*serv`er
(l[imac]f"pr[-e]*z[~e]rv`[~e]r), n.
An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various
materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the
body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a. Misrepresent
Misrepresent Mis*rep`re*sent", v. t.
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to
give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously,
ignirantly, or carelessly. --Swift.
Misrepresent
Misrepresent Mis*rep`re*sent", v. i.
To make an incorrect or untrue representation. --Milton.
Misrepresentative
Misrepresentative Mis*rep`re*sent"a*tive, a.
Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.
Misrepresenter
Misrepresenter Mis*rep`re*sent"er, n.
One who misrepresents.
Multipresent
Multipresent Mul`ti*pres"ent, a. [Multi- + present, a.]
Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more
places at once.
Nonpresentation
Nonpresentation Non*pres`en*ta"tion, n.
Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
Omnipresency
Omnipresency Om`ni*pres"en*cy, n.
Omnipresence. [Obs.]
Omnipresential
Omnipresential Om`ni*pre*sen"tial, a.
Implying universal presence. [R.] --South.
Personal representativesPersonal Per"son*al, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
--Hooker.
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
and so personal to Cain. --Locke.
3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
``Personal communication.' --Fabyan.
The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; --
opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of
things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
property not of a freehold nature.
Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
unity of the individual person, which is attested by
consciousness.
Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
he, she, it, and their plurals.
Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
administrators of a person deceased.
Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
private property.
Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
inflected to correspond with the three persons. Pluripresence
Pluripresence Plu`ri*pres"ence, n. [Pluri- + presence.]
Presence in more places than one. [R.] --Johnson.
Preselect
Preselect Pre`se*lect", v. t.
To select beforehand.
Presensation
Presensation Pre`sen*sa"tion, n.
Previous sensation, notion, or idea. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
PresensionPresension Pre*sen"sion, n. [L. praesensio, fr. praesentire to
perceive beforehand. See Presentient.]
Previous perception. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. Present
Present Pre*sent", v. i. (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.
Present
Present Pre*sent", n. (Mil.)
The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at
present.
Present value
Present value Pres"ent value or worth worth (of money
payable at a future date).
The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will
amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be
paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106
due one year hence is $100.
PresentaneousPresentaneous Pres`en*ta"ne*ous, a. [L. praesentaneus. See
Present, a.]
Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.
[Obs.] --Harvey. Presentative
Presentative Pre*sent"a*tive, a.
1. (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a
clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are
presentative, collative, or donative. --Blackstone.
2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a
presentative parsonage. --Spelman.
3. (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented
to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as
objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . .
in contrast and correlation to a ``representative
faculty.' --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Presenter
Presenter Pre*sent"er, n.
One who presents.
Presentiality
Presentiality Pre*sen`ti*al"i*ty, n.
State of being actually present. [Obs.] --South.
Presentiate
Presentiate Pre*sen"ti*ate, v. t.
To make present. [Obs.]
Presentient
Presentient Pre*sen"tient, a. [L. praesentiens, p. pr. of
praesentire to perceive beforehand; prae before + sentire to
feel.]
Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
PresentificPresentific Pres`en*tif"ic, a. [L. praesens, -entis, present +
facere to make.]
Making present. [Obs.] -- Pres`en*tif"ic*ly, adv. [Obs.]
--Dr. H. More.
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