Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 115
Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. "A present recompense." "A present pardon." -- Shak.
An ambassador . . . desires a present audience. -- Massinger.
Present (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. [R.]
Present (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious. [Archaic]
To find a god so present to my prayer. -- Dryden.
Present tense (Gram.), The tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time; as, I am writing, I write, or I do write.
Presented (imp. & p. p.) of Present.
Presenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Present.
Present (v. t.) 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.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord. -- Job i. 6
Present (v. t.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons. -- I. Watts.
Present (v. t.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. -- Pope.
Present (v. t.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
My last, least offering, I present thee now. -- Cowper.
Present (v. t.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy on her son Marcellus. -- Dryden.
Present (v. t.) To present; to personate. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
The patron of a church may present his clerk to a parsonage or vicarage; that is, may offer him to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted. -- Blackstone.
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . -- Lamb.
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; 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.
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; 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.
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; To bring an indictment against. [U. S.]
Present (v. t.) In specific uses; To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
Pesent arms (Mil.), The command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command.
Present (n.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
Past and present, wound in one. -- Tennyson.
Present (n.) pl. (Law) 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.
Present (n.) (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
At present, At the present time; now.
For the present, For the tine being; temporarily.
In present, At once, without delay. [Obs.] "With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death." -- Milton.
Present (n.) (Mil.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
Present (v. i.) (Med.) 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.
Present, (n.) [F. pr['e]sent .] Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
Syn: Gift; donation; donative; benefaction. See Gift.
Present (a.) Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past].
Present (a.) Being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent].
Present (n.) The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays].
Present (n.) Something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife."
Present (n.) A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense]
Present (v.) Give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate].
Present (v.) Bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out].
Present (v.) Perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent].
Present (v.) Hand over formally [syn: present, submit].
Present (v.) Introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose].
Present (v.) Give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present].
Present (v.) Give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present].
Present (v.) Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present].
Present (v.) Cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint].
Present (v.) Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present].
Present (v.) Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present].
Present (v.) Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
Present (v.) Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present].
Present. () A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 9, n, 7, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
Present (n.) That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Presentable (a.) Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.
Presentable (a.) Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. [R.] -- Ayliffe.
Presentable (a.) Fit to be seen; "presentable clothes."
Presentaneous (a.) Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. -- Hooker.
Presentation (n.) Hence, exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.
Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. -- Shak.
Presentation (n.) That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. [R.]
Presentation (n.) (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.
If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him. -- Blackstone.
Presentation (n.) (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation.
Presentation copy, A copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard.
Presentation (n.) The activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward); "she gave the trophy but he made the presentation."
Presentation (n.) A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: presentation, presentment, demonstration].
Presentation (n.) The act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it; "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance."
Presentation (n.) The act of presenting a proposal.
Presentation (n.) A visual representation of something [syn: display, presentation].
Presentation (n.) Formally making a person known to another or to the public [syn: presentation, introduction, intro].
Presentation (n.) (Obstetrics) Position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations."
Presentation, () eccl. law. The act of a patron offering his clerk to the bishop of the diocese to be instituted in a church or benefice.
Presentational (a.)上演的，演出的；表演的；（詞語等）表意的；顯示的，呈現的；【哲】【心】表象（主義）的 Of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy); "what Whitehead calls `perception in the presentational immediacy.'"
Presentative (a.) (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. -- Blackstone.
Presentative (a.) Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage. -- Spelman.
Presentative (a.) (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . . in contrast and correlation to a "representative faculty." -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Presentee (n.) One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice. -- Ayliffe.
Presentee, () eccl. law., A clerk who has been presented by his patron to a bishop in order to be instituted in a church.
Presenter (n.) One who presents.
Presenter (n.) Someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
Presenter (n.) An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) [syn: presenter, sponsor].
Presenter (n.) Person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer].
Presential (a.) Implying actual presence; present, immediate. [Obs.]
God's mercy is made presential to us. -- Jer. Taylor. -- Pre*sen"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Presentiality (n.) State of being actually present. [Obs.] -- South.
Presentiate (v. t.) To make present. [Obs.]
Presentient (a.) Feeling or perceiving beforehand.
Presentific (a.) Making present. [Obs.] -- Pres`en*tif"ic*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Presentifical (a.) Presentific. [Obs.]
Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.
Presentiment (n.) A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding].
Presentimental (a.) Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Presention (n.) See Presension. [Obs.]
Presentive (a.) (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. -- Earle. -- Pre*sent"ive*ly, adv. -- Pre*sent"ive*ness, n.
Presently (adv.) 一會兒，不久；現在，目前 At present; at this time; now. [Obs.]
The towns and forts you presently have. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. -- Shak.
And presently the fig tree withered away. -- Matt. xxi. 19.
Presently (adv.) With actual presence; actually. [Obs.]
His precious body and blood presently three. -- Bp. Gardiner.
Presently (adv.) In the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" [syn: {soon}, {shortly}, {presently}, {before long}].
Presently (adv.) At this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" [syn: {presently}, {currently}].
Presentment (n.) 陳述；上演；描寫 The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.
Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion,
And give it false presentment. -- Milton.
Presentment (n.) (Law) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself.
Presentment (n.) (Law) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. -- Blackstone.
Presentment of a bill of exchange, The offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill. -- Mozley & W.
Presentment (n.) An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative [syn: {presentment}, {notification}].
Presentment (n.) A document that must be accepted and paid by another person.
Presentment (n.) A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: {presentation}, {presentment}, {demonstration}].
Presentment, () contracts. The production of a bill of exchange or promissory note to the party on whom the former is drawn, for his acceptance, or to the person bound to pay either, for payment.
Presentment, () The holder of a bill is bound, in order to hold the parties to it responsible to him, to present it in due time for acceptance, and to give notice, if it be dishonored, to all tho parties he intends to hold liable.
And when a bill or note becomes payable, it must be presented for payment.
Presentment, () The principal circumstances concerning presentment, are the person to whom, the place where, and the time when, it is to be made.
Presentment, () In general the presentment for payment should be made to the maker of a note, or the drawee of a bill for acceptance, or to the acceptor, for payment; but a presentment made at a particular place, when payable there, is in general sufficient. A personal demand on the drawee or acceptor is not necessary; a demand at his usual place of residence of his wife or other agent is sufficient. 2 Esp. Cas. 509; 5 Esp. Cas. 265 Holt's N. P. Cas. 313.
Presentment, () When a bill or note is made payable at a particular place, a presentment, as we have seen, may be made there; but when the acceptance is general, it must be presented at the house or place of business of the acceptor. 3 Kent, Com. 64, 65.
Presentment, () In treating of the time for presentment, it must be considered with reference, 1st. To a presentment for acceptance. 2d. To one for payment. 1st. When the bill is payable at sight, or after sight, the presentment must be made in reasonable time; and what this reasonable time is depends upon the circumstances of each case. 7 Taunt. 397; 1 Dall. 255; 2 Dall. 192; Ibid. 232; 4 Dall. 165; Ibid. 129; 1 Yeates, 531; 7 Serg. & Rawle, 324; 1 Yeates 147. 2d. The presentment of a note or bill for payment ought to be made on the day it becomes due, and notice of non-payment given, otherwise the holder will lose the security of the drawer and endorsers of a bill and the endorsers of a promissory note, and in case the note or bill be payable at a particular place and the money lodged there for its payment, the holder would probably have no recourse against the maker or acceptor, if he did not present them on the day, and the money should be lost. 5 Barn. & Ald. 244. Vide 5 Com. Dig. 134; 2 John. Cas. 75; 3 John. R. 230; 2 Caines' Rep. 343; 18 John. R. 230; 2 John. R. 146, 168, 176; 2 Wheat. 373; Chit. on Bills, Index, h.t.; Smith on Mer. Law, 138; Byles on Bills, 102.
Presentment, () The excuses for not making a presentment are general or applicable to all persons, who are endorsers; or they are special and applicable to the particular' endorser only.
Presentment, () Among the former are, 1. Inevitable accident or overwhelming calamity; Story on Bills, Sec. 308; 3 Wend. 488; 2 Smith's R. 224. 2. The prevalence of a malignant disease, by which the ordinary operations of business are suspended. 2 John. Cas. 1; 3 M. & S. 267; Anth. N. P. Cas. 35. 3. The breaking out of war between the country of the maker and that of the holder. 4. The occupation of the country where the note is payable or where the parties live, by a public enemy, which suspends commercial operations and intercourse. 8 Cranch, 155 15 John. 57; 16 John. 438 7 Pet. 586 2 Brock. 20; 2 Smith's R. 224. 51. The obstruction of the ordinary negotiations of trade by the vi's maj or. 6. Positive interdictions and public regulations of the state which suspend commerce and intercourse. 7. The utter impracticability of finding the maker, or ascertaining his place of residence. Story on Pr. N. 205, 236, 238, 241, 264.
Presentment, () Among the latter or special excuses for not making a presentment may be enumerated the following: 1. The receiving the note by the holder from the payee, or other antecedent party, too late to make a due presentment; this will be an excuse as to such party. 16 East, 248; 7 Mass. 483; Story, P. N. Sec. 201, 265; 11 Wheat. 431 2 Wheat. 373. 2. The note being an accommodation note of the maker for the benefit of the endorser. Story on Bills, Sec. 370; see 2 Brock. 20; 7 Harr. & J. 381; 7 Mass. 452; 1 Wash. C. C. R. 461; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 514; 1 Raym. 271; 4 Mason, 113; 1 Har. & G. 468; 1 Caines, 157; 1 Stew. 175; 5 Pick. 88; 21 Pick. 327. 3. A special agreement by which the endorser waives the presentment. 8 Greenl. 213; 11 Wheat. 629; Story on Bills, Sec. 371, 373; 6 Wheat. 572. 4. The receiving security or money by an endorser to secure himself from loss, or to pay the note at maturity. In this case, when the indemnity or money is a full security for the amount of the note or bill, no presentment is requisite. Story on Bills, Sec. 374; Story on P. N. Sec. 281; 4 Watts, 328.; 9 Gill & John. 47; 7 Wend. 165; 2 Greenl. 207; 5 Mass. l70; 5 Conn. 175. 5. The receiving the note by the holder from the endorser, as a collateral security for another debt. Story on Pr. Notes, Sec. 284; Story on Bills, Sec. 372; 2 How. S. C. R. 427, 457.
Presentment, () A want of presentment may be waived by the party to be affected, after a full knowledge of the fact. 8 S. & R. 438; see 6 Wend. 658; 3 Bibb, 102; 5 John. 385; 4 Mass. 347; 7 Mass. 452; Wash. C. C. R. 506; Bac. Ab. Merchant, &c. M. Vide, generally, 1 Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. 214, 224. See Notice of dishonor.
Presentment, () crim. law, practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offence, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the government; 4 Bl. Com. 301; upon such presentment, when 'proper, the officer employed to prosecute, afterwards frames a till of indictment, which is then sent to the grand jury, and they find it to be a true bill. In an extended sense presentments include not only what is properly so called, but also inquisitions of office, and indictments found by a grand jury. 2 Hawk. c. 25, s. 1.
Presentment, () The difference between a presentment and an inquisition, (q.v.) is this, that the former is found by a grand jury authorized to inquire of offences generally, whereas the latter is an accusation found by a jury specially returned to inquire concerning the particular offence. 2 Hawk. c.
25, s. 6. Vide, generally, Com. Dig. Indictment, B Bac. Ab. Indictment, A 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 163; 7 East, R. 387 1 Meigs. 112; 11 Humph. 12.
Presentment, () The writing which contains the accusation so presented by a grand jury, is also called a presentment. Vide 1 Brock. C. C. R. 156; Grand Jury.
Presentness (n.) The quality or state of being present; presence. [Obs.]
"Presentness of mind in danger." -- Clarendon.
Presentness (n.) The quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past" -- R.E.Spiller [syn: presentness, nowness] [ant: futurity, pastness].
Presentoir (n.) An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver. Present value
Preservable (a.) Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.
Preservable (a.) Capable of being preserved.
Preservation (n.) [U] 保護；維護；維持；保存，保留；保藏，防腐 The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
Give us particulars of thy preservation. -- Shak.
Preservation (n.) The activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: {preservation}, {saving}].
Preservation (n.) The condition of being (well or ill) preserved.
Preservation (n.) A process that saves organic substances from decay.
Preservation (n.) An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: {conservation}, {preservation}].
Preservation (n.) Keeping safe from harm; avoiding injury. This term always presupposes a real or existing danger.
Preservation (n.) A jettison, which is always for the preservation of the remainder of the cargo, must therefore be made only when there is a real danger existing. See Average; Jettison.
Preservative (a.) 保護的；保存的；防腐的 Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
Preservative (n.) 保護劑；防腐劑 [C] [U] That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. -- Bacon.
Preservative (a.) Tending or having the power to preserve; "timbers should be treated with a preservative substance."
Preservative (n.) A chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition.
Preservatory (a.) Preservative. -- Bp. Hall.
Preservatory (n.) A preservative. [Obs.] -- Whitlock.
Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.
Preservatory (a.) Preservative. -- Bp. Hall.
Preservatories (n. pl. ) of Preservatory.
Preservatory (n.) A preservative. [Obs.] -- Whitlock.
Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.
Preserved (imp. & p. p.) of Preserve.
Preserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preserve.
Preserve (v. t.) 保存，保藏；防腐 [（+from）]；保護；維護；維持；醃（肉等）；把……做成蜜餞（或果醬）；把……製成罐頭食品 [（+in）] To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. -- Ps. xxxvi. 6.
Now, good angels preserve the king. -- Shak.
Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
You can not preserve it from tainting. -- Shak.
Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
To preserve game, to protect it from extermination.
Syn: To keep; save; secure; uphold; sustain; defend; spare; protect; guard; shield. See Keep.
Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves. -- Shak.
Preserve (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.
Preserve (n.) 蜜餞；果醬 [P1] [U]；（動植物）保護區；禁獵區 [C]；包攬的事物 [C] That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
Preserve (n.) A domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve."
Preserve (n.) A reservation where animals are protected.
Preserve (n.) Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [syn: conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves].
Preserve (v.) Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" [syn: continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve] [ant: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop].
Preserve (v.) Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" [syn: conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up].
Preserve (v.) To keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [syn: save, preserve].
Preserve (v.) Prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" [syn: preserve, keep].
Preserve (v.) Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" [syn: keep, preserve].
Preserve (v.) Keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes."
Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another. -- Shak.
Preserver (n.) [C] 保護人；保存人；保護物；保護劑；救生用具（如救生衣等） One who makes preserves of fruit.
Game preserver. See under Game.
Preserver (n.) A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture [syn: refinisher, renovator, restorer, preserver].
Preserver (n.) A cook who preserves fruits or meat.
Preserver (n.) Someone who keeps safe from harm or danger.
Preserver (n.) Rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning [syn: life preserver, preserver, flotation device].
Preshow (v. t.) To foreshow.
Presided (imp. & p. p.) of Preside.
Presiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preside.
Preside (v. i.) 擔任會議主席，主持 [（+at/ over）]；管轄；指揮[（+over）]；領奏，主奏 [（+at）] To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.
Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Some o'er the public magazines preside. -- Dryden.
Preside (v.) Act as president; "preside over companies and corporations."
Preside (v.) To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."
The Headliner, holding the copy in hand, Read with a solemn face: "The music was very uncommonly grand -- The best that was every provided, For our townsman Brown presided At the organ with skill and grace." The Headliner discontinued to read, And, spread the paper down On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed: "Great playing by President Brown." Orpheus Bowen
Presidence (n.) See Presidency. [Obs.]
Presidencies (n. pl. ) of Presidency.
Presidency (n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
Presidency (n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
Presidency (n.) The tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" [syn: presidency, presidential term, administration].
Presidency (n.) The office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time" [syn: presidency, presidentship].
Presidency (n.) The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
President (n.) Precedent. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. [R.]
His angels president In every province. -- Milton.
President (n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically:
President (n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.
President (n.) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.
President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. [Obs.]
Just Apollo, president of verse. -- Waller.
President (n.) An executive officer of a firm or corporation
President (n.) The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" [syn: {President of the United States}, {United States President}, {President}, {Chief Executive}].
President (n.) The chief executive of a republic.
President (n.) The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: {president}, {chairman}, {chairwoman}, {chair}, {chairperson}].
President (n.) The head administrative officer of a college or university [syn: {president}, {prexy}].
President (n.) The office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" [syn: {President of the United States}, {President}, {Chief Executive}].
President (n.) The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! Jonathan Fomry
Presidential (a.) [Z] [B] 總統的；總統選舉的；總統制的；總裁的；大學校長的；會長的 Presiding or watching over. "Presidential angels." -- Glanvill.
Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
Presidential (a.) Relating to a president or presidency; "presidential aides"; "presidential veto."
Presidential (a.) Befitting a president; "criticized the candidate for not looking presidential" [ant: {unpresidential}].
Presidentship (n.) The office and dignity of president; presidency. -- Hooker.
Presidentship (n.) The office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time" [syn: presidency, presidentship].
Presider (n.) One who presides. Presidial
Presidial (a.) Alt. of Presidiary.
Presidiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.
There are three presidial castles in this city. -- Howell.
Presidiary (n.) A guard. [Obs.] "Heavenly presidiaries." -- Bp. Hall.
Presiding () a. & n. from Preside.
Presidio (n.) [Sp.] A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.