PRESENTATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

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.

Noun

presentative (plural presentatives)

(grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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