[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

present \pres"ent\, a. f. pr'esent, l. praesens,-entis, that
   is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be
   before; prae before + esse to be. see essence.
   1913 webster
   1. being at hand, within reach or call, within certain
      contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
      1913 webster

            these things have i spoken unto you, being yet
            present with you.                     --john xiv.
                                                  25.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            i'll bring thee to the present business --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. "a present
      recompense." "a present pardon." --shak.
      1913 webster

            an ambassador . . . desires a present audience.
                                                  --massinger.
      1913 webster

   4. ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. r.
      1913 webster

   5. favorably attentive; propitious. archaic
      1913 webster

            to find a god so present to my prayer. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
essence present tense 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

present \present"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. presented; p. pr. 
   vb. n. presenting. f. pr'esenter, l. praesentare, fr.
   praesens, a. see present, a.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            now there was a day when the sons of god came to
            present themselves before the lord.   --job i. 6
      1913 webster

   2. to exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's
      perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine
      appearance.
      1913 webster

            lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him
            with the thoughts of other persons.   --i. watts.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in
      charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
      1913 webster

            so ladies in romance assist their knight,
            present the spear, and arm him for the fight.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a
      formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
      1913 webster

            my last, least offering, i present thee now.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

   5. hence: to endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with
      a donation; also, to court by gifts.
      1913 webster

            octavia presented the poet for him admirable elegy
            on her son marcellus.                 --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. to present; to personate. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. in specific uses;
      a to nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to
          the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
          1913 webster

                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.
          1913 webster
      b to nominate for support at a public school or other
          institution . --lamb.
      c 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.
      d 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.
      e to bring an indictment against . u.s
      f to aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present
          a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of
          another.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
presented presenting present pesent arms 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

present \pres"ent\, n. cf. f. pr'esent. see present, a.
   1. present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at
      the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
      1913 webster

            past and present, wound in one.       --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. gram. a present tense, or the form of the verb denoting
      the present tense.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
present at present for the present in present 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

present \pres"ent\, n. f. pr'esent .
   anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a
   christmas present.
   1913 webster

   syn: gift; donation; donative; benefaction. see gift.
        1913 webster
see also:
gift 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

present \present"\, n. mil.
   the position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at
   present.
   1913 webster

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

present
     adj 1: 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" syn: presenta ant: future, past
     2: spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the
        murderer is present in this room"; "present at the
        wedding"; "present at the creation" ant: absent
     n 1: 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: nowadays
     2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from
        his wife"
     3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of
        speaking syn: present tense
     v 1: show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
          "she shows her dogs frequently"; "we will demo the new
          software in washington" syn: show, demo, exhibit,
           demonstrate
     2: bring forward and present to the mind; "we presented the
        arguments to him"; "we cannot represent this knowledge to
        our formal reason" syn: represent, lay out
     3: perform a play, especially on a stage; "we are going to
        stage `othello'" syn: stage, represent
     4: hand over formally syn: submit
     5: introduce; "this poses an interesting question" syn: pose
     6: give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at
        graduation" syn: award
     7: give as a present; make a gift of; "what will you give her
        for her birthday?" syn: give, gift
     8: deliver a speech, oration, or idea; "the commencement
        speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
        students" syn: deliver
     9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you
        with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the
        community" syn: introduce, acquaint
     10: represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;
         "the father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this
         painting" syn: portray
     11: 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
     12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country,
         etc.
     13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation;
         assume a prescribed position; "when the officers show up,
         the soldiers have to salute" syn: salute
see also:
presenta future past absent nowadays present tense 
show demo exhibit demonstrate represent 
lay out stage submit pose award 
give gift deliver introduce acquaint 
portray confront face salute 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

407 moby thesaurus words for "present":
   christmas present, accessible, accommodate, accord, acquaint,
   actual, adduce, adjacent, administer, advance, affect, afford,
   affront, aid, aim, aim at, allege, allot, allow, allowance, alms,
   announce, aorist, array, articulate, as is, at hand, at present,
   attendant, available, award, baksheesh, be a gas, be a hit, being,
   bend, benevolence, bestow, bestow on, betoken, bill,
   birthday present, bomb, bonus, boon, bounty, box, brandish, brave,
   breast, breathe, bring before, bring forth, bring forward,
   bring in, bring into view, bring on, bring out, bring to bear,
   bring to notice, bring up, cadeau, challenge, chime, chorus,
   chronology, close, closest, clothe, come out with, communicate,
   compliment, conceive, confer, confront, confront with,
   contemporaneous, contemporary, continuity, contribute,
   contribution, convey, couch, couch in terms, current, dangle, dare,
   deal, deal out, defy, deliver, demonstrate, deploy, determine,
   develop, devote, direct, directionize, disclose, dish out,
   dispense, display, distribute, divulge, do the honors, dole,
   dole out, donate, donation, dramatize, duration, durative, duree,
   embody, embody in words, emcee, emit, enact, encounter, endow,
   endowment, enunciate, envisage, evidence, evince, exhibit,
   existent, existing, expose to view, express, extant, extend, face,
   face with, fail, fairing, favor, feature, file, fill, fill up,
   find, fix, fix on, flaunt, fling off, flop, flourish, fork out,
   formularize, formulate, frame, freeload, fresh, front, fund,
   furnish, future, future perfect, gift, gift with, give,
   give a knockdown, give an introduction, give away, give expression,
   give expression to, give freely, give out, give out with,
   give sign, give token, give tongue, give utterance, give voice,
   give words to, grant, gratuity, hand, hand out, hand over,
   hand-out, handsel, headline, heap, help to, here and now,
   highlight, historical present, hold forth, hold on, hold out,
   illuminate, immanent, immediate, impart, imperfect, in being,
   in effect, in existence, in force, in view, incarnate, indicate,
   indwelling, inherent, instant, introduce, invest, issue, just now,
   keep, largess, largesse, lastingness, latest, lavish, lay before,
   let have, let out, level at, lip, living, maintain, make a hit,
   make acquainted, make available, make clear, make known,
   make plain, make provision for, manifest, marshal, materialize,
   mean, meet, meet squarely, melodramatize, mete, mete out, modern,
   mount, nearby, nearest, new, newfashioned, now, nowadays, oblation,
   offer, offering, on board, on deck, on foot, on hand, open,
   open a show, our times, out with, parade, paragraph, pass out,
   past, past perfect, peace offering, perfect, perform, period,
   phonate, phrase, place before, plead, pluperfect, point, point at,
   point tense, point to, pour, pour forth, pourboire, prefer,
   premiere, prepare, present perfect, present to, present-age,
   present-day, present-time, presentation, presently, preterit,
   prevalent, preview, produce, proffer, progressive tense, pronounce,
   provide, provide for, proximate, psychological time, put,
   put forth, put forward, put in words, put it to, put on,
   put to choice, put to vote, put up, quaint, rain, raise, rally,
   record, recruit, register, remaining, render, replenish, represent,
   reveal, rhetorize, right now, roll out, running, say, scenarize,
   serve, set, set before, set forth, set out, set the stage,
   shell out, show, show forth, shower, sight on, slip, snow, sound,
   space, space-time, sponge, spotlight, stage, star, state, stem,
   stock, store, style, submit, subsidize, subsistent, subsisting,
   succeed, supply, support, tell, tender, tense, term, that be,
   that is, the future, the nonce, the past, the present,
   the time being, theatricalize, these days, throw off, tide, time,
   timebinding, tip, today, token, topical, train, train upon,
   tribute, trot out, try out, turn, turn over, turn upon,
   under the sun, unfold, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, utter,
   verbalize, vocalize, voice, vouchsafe, wave, while, whisper,
   white elephant, within call, within reach, within sight, word,
   yield

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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." 

[10] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

present, n.  that part of eternity dividing the domain of
disappointment from the realm of hope.

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