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Word Meanings - PETITIONING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

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  • PRESENT
    one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25.
  • PRESENTIVE
    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. --
  • PRESENTANEOUS
    Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. Harvey.
  • PRESENTLY
    1. At present; at this time; now. The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney. 2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. Shak. And presently the fig tree
  • PRESENTER
    One who presents.
  • SUPPLICATION
    A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. Syn. -- Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. (more info) 1. The act of supplicating; humble
  • PRESENTIMENT
    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.
  • PRESENTIATE
    To make present.
  • PRESENTIAL
    Implying actual presence; present, immediate. God's mercy is made presential to us. Jer. Taylor. -- Pre*sen"tial*ly, adv.
  • PRESENTEE
    One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically , one presented to benefice. Ayliffe.
  • PRESENTIMENTAL
    Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. Coleridge.
  • PRESENTABLE
    1. Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in
  • PRESENTIALITY
    State of being actually present. South.
  • PRESENT VALUE; PRESENT WORTH
    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 6 due one year hence is 0.
  • PRESENTIENT
    Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
  • PRESENTIFICAL
    Presentific.
  • PRESENTATION
    exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show. Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. Shak. 3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. (more info) 1. The act of presenting,
  • PRESENTNESS
    The quality or state of being present; presence. "Presentness of mind in danger." Clarendon.
  • PRESENTATIVE
    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.
  • PRESENTION
    See PRESENSION
  • NONPRESENTATION
    Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
  • REPRESENTABLE
    Capable of being represented.
  • TOTIPRESENT
    Omnipresence. A. Tucker.
  • OMNIPRESENTIAL
    Implying universal presence. South.
  • REPRESENTANT
    Appearing or acting for another; representing.
  • IRREPRESENTABLE
    Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
  • RE-PRESENTATION
    The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.
  • REPRESENTATIVELY
    In a representative manner; vicariously.
  • CORSEPRESENT
    An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.
  • MISREPRESENTATION
    Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional
  • MULTIPRESENT
    Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once.

 

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