·adj Favorably attentive; propitious.
II. Present ·adj To bring an indictment against ...
III. Present ·adj Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
IV. Present ·adj Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
V. Present ·adj To present; to Personate.
VI. Present ·adj To nominate for support at a public school or other institution ...
VII. Present ·adj A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
VIII. Present ·noun The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
IX. Present ·noun Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
X. Present ·adj Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits;
— opposed to absent.
XI. Present ·adj Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
XII. Present ·adj Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
XIII. Present ·adj To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
XIV. Present ·adj To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
XV. Present ·adj To pass over, ·esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to Deliver; to make over.
XVI. Present ·adj To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
XVII. Present ·vi 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.
XVIII. Present ·adj To make a gift of; to Bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to Grant; to Confer.
XIX. Present ·adj 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.
XX. Present ·adj Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
XXI. Present ·adj 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.
XXII. Present ·adj To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
XXIII. Present ·adj Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " — in this sense, rarely used in the singular.