presentative (comparative more presentative, superlative most presentative)
Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
(ecclesiastical, legal) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution.
Admitting the presentation of a clergyman.
(grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
(obsolete) Representative, representing another, or representing a larger group.
Presenting or representing an idea in the mind.
presentative (plural presentatives)
(grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*sent"a*tive, a.
1. (Eccl.)
Definition: Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative. Blackstone.
2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage. Spelman.
3. (Metaph.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 September 2024
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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