Syn. -- Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness;
resemblance; exhibition; sight.
Re-pres`en*ta"tion (r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n), n. [See Re-present.] The act
of re- presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new
presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.
Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry (r?p`r?--z?n-t?"sh?n-?-r?), a. Implying
representation; representative. [R.]
Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-z?nt`?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. repr&?;sentatif.] 1.
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or
others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.
3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for,
the people; as, a representative government.
4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of
the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
(b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in
different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was
originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties;
representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.