7. In specific uses; (a) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to
offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or
vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be
instituted.
Blackstone.
(b) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
Lamb. (c) To lay before a public body, or an official, for
consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a
corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance,
or indictment. (d) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to
give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent
judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or
whatever they think to be public injuries. (e) To bring an indictment
against . [U.S] (f) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to
present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
Pesent arms (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried
perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with
the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand
grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a
superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command.
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.
Pres"ent (?), n. [F. prÈsent .] Anything presented or given; a gift; a
donative; as, a Christmas present.
Syn. -- Gift; donation; donative; benefaction. See Gift.
Pre*sent" (?), n. (Mil.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms;
as, to stand at present.
Pre*sent"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. prÈsentable.] 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
simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.
2. Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church
presentable. [R.] Ayliffe.
Pres`en*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. praesentaneus. See Present, a.] Ready;
quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. [Obs.] Harvey.
Pres`en*ta"tion (?), n. [L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf.
F. prÈsentation.] 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being
presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
Hooker.
2. Hence, 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. [R.]
4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary
for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.
If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so
admitted is next to be instituted by him.
Blackstone.
5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively
to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically
designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus;
as, a breech presentation.
Presentation copy, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some
one by the author or artist, as a token of regard.
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.
Pres`en*tee" (?), n. [F. prÈsentÈ, p. p. See Present, v. t. ] One to
whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically
(Eccl.), one presented to benefice. Ayliffe.
Pre*sent"er (?), n. One who presents.
Pre*sen"tial (?), a. [LL. praesentialis.] Implying actual presence;
present, immediate. [Obs.]
God's mercy is made presential to us.
Jer. Taylor.
-- Pre*sen"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Pre*sen`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. State of being actually present. [Obs.]
South.