To find a god so present to my prayer.
Dryden.
Present tense (Gram.), the tense or form of a verb which expresses
action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do
write.
Pres"ent, n. [Cf. F. prÈsent. See Present, a.] 1. Present time; the
time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at
this present.
Past and present, wound in one.
Tennyson.
2. pl. (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. -- For the present, for the tine
being; temporarily. -- In present, at once, without delay. [Obs.] "With
them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death."
Milton.
Pre*sent" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Presenting.] [F. prÈsenter, L. praesentare, fr. praesens, a. See
Present, a.] 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.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the lord.