praesento, no perf. (praesentisse, Pac. ap. Pan. Theod. 3), ātum, 1, v. a. [praesens],
to place before , exhibit to view , to show , present , hold out (post-Aug.): sarcitis bubulas carnes praesentat, looks like , Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181 (al. repraesentat): caput ab Achillā Caesari praesentatum est, handed or presented to , Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 77: supplicanti, statim sese Juno praesentat, shows herself , Ap. Met. 6, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 10, 5, 12; 11, p. 243 (not found).