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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PRESENT , an See also:

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, adverb and substantive meaning that which is at See also:

hand or before one in See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place or in See also:

time. Also another substantive meaning a See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift, and a verb meaning to bring into the presence of, to offer, to deliver. The verb is pronounced present; the others present. The first See also:

GROUP

group is due to the Latin praesens, the present participle of praeesse, to be before one or at hand; from this participle was formed the verb praesentare, to bring before one, exhibit, show. The sense of " gift " is due to the O. Fr. phrase mettre en present d quelqu'un, to bring something into the presence of a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, to offer, give. The legal formal phrase " these presents " is See also:

COMMON

common, especially in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form " know all men by these presents," as an opening to a See also:

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed, more particularly to a deed-See also:

POLL

poll which cannot be referred to as an " See also:

INDENTURE (through 0. Fr. endenture from a legal Latin term indent-ura, indentare, to cut into teeth, to give a jagged edge, in modurn dentium, like teeth)

indenture." The phrase " these present words, documents, writings," &c. is an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of a similar phrase in O.Fr. See also:

ces presentes (sc. ettres). As ecclesiastical terms " to present " or " presentation " are used of the " presenting " or nomination by the See also:

PATRON

patron to the See also:

bishop of the person chosen by him to fill a vacant See also:

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice. When the bishop is patron he does not " present," but " collates." " Presentiment," foreboding, the feeling of something impending, must be distinguished in See also:

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology; it is derived from the See also:

Lat. praesentire, to perceive beforehand.

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