J. Philips.
Rep`re*hend"er (-?r), n. One who reprehends.
Rep`re*hen"si*ble (-h?n"s?-b'l), a. [L. reprehensibilis: cf. F.
répréhensible.] Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
-- Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.
Rep`re*hen"sion (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]
Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret
reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus.
Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. -- Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.
Rep`re*hen"sive (-h?n"s?v), a. [Cf. F. répréhensif.] Containing
reprehension; conveying reproof. South.
-- Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.
Rep`re*hen"so*ry (-s?-r?), a. Containing reproof; reprehensive; as,
reprehensory complaint. Johnson.
Re`-pre*sent" (r?`pr?-z?nt"), v. t. To present again; as, to re-present
the points of an argument.
Rep`re*sent" (r?p`r?-z?nt"), v. t. [F. repr&?;senter, L. repraesentare,
repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present.
See Present, v. t.] 1. To present again or anew; to present by means of
something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image
of; to typify.
Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The
heavenly fires.
Milton.
2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to
represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or
character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties,
exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with
authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir
represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a
member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own
impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth;
sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and
only obstacle to his success in that demand.
Robertson.
This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the
managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate.
Addison.
6. To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent
quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be
known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
Among these. Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things
Which he five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations,
aery shapes.
Milton.
8. (Metaph.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of
cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended
by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that,
besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of
our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the
faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . .
This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy.
Sir. W. Hamilton.
Rep`re*sent"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being represented.
Rep`re*sent"ance (-ans), n. Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.
Rep`re*sent"ant (-ant), a. [Cf. F. repr&?;sentant.] Appearing or acting
for another; representing.
Rep`re*sent"ant, n. [F. representant.] A representative. [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
Rep`re*sen*ta"tion (-z?n-t?"sh?n), n. [F. repr&?;sentation, L.
representatio.] 1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a
model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
(b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a
representation of Hamlet. (c) A description or statement; as, the
representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d) The
body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as,
the representation of a State in Congress. (e) (Insurance Law) Any
collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an
estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.