Pre*sen"tion (?), n. See Presension. [Obs.]

Pre*sent"ive (?), a. (Philol.) 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.

-- Pre*sent"ive*ly, adv. -- Pre*sent"ive*ness, n.

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