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Presented

Present \Pre*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presented; p. pr. & vb. n. Presenting.] [F. pr['e]senter, 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.

    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord.
    --Job i. 6

  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.

    Lectorides's memory is ever . . . presenting him with the thoughts of other persons.
    --I. Watts.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. To present; to personate. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

  7. In specific uses;

    1. 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.

    2. To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
      --Lamb.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. To bring an indictment against . [U.S]

    6. 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.

Wiktionary
presented
  1. (context mathematics of a group English) Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties. v

  2. (en-past of: present)

WordNet
presented

adj. given formally or officially [syn: bestowed, conferred]

Usage examples of "presented".

Tramontini, with whom I had become acquainted, presented him to his wife, who was called Madame Tasi.

I saw, sitting before a table, a woman already somewhat advanced in age, with two young girls and two boys, but I looked in vain for the actress, whom Don Sancio Pico at last presented to me in the shape of one of the two boys, who was remarkably handsome and might have been seventeen.

As I was bidding him adieu, he gave me an order on his house at Naples for a barrel of muscatel wine, and he presented me with a splendid box containing twelve razors with silver handles, manufactured in the Tour-du-Grec.

Her slender figure, her prominent hips, her beautifully-modelled bosom, her large eyes, from which flashed the sparkle of amorous desire, everything about her was strikingly beautiful, and presented to my hungry looks the perfection of the mother of love, adorned by all the charms which modesty throws over the attractions of a lovely woman.

The second great mistake made by Poland was in not remembering the apologue of the man and the horse when the question of protection presented itself.

In the afternoon the count presented me to the patricians who seemed astonished to see me at Trieste.

When he had gone, seeing that the affair might take a tragic turn, I began to examine with De la Haye how it could be avoided, but we had not long to puzzle our imagination, for in less than half an hour an officer of the Infante of Parma presented himself, and requested me to repair immediately to head-quarters, where M.

She presented her husband, and begged Count Algarotti to atone for her error towards her god-mother by inviting her to join the wedding repast, an invitation which the countess accepted with great pleasure.

As I was leaving I begged the future Madame Lebel to return me the ring I had given her, and as we had agreed, I presented her with a roll of a hundred Louis, which she took with a melancholy air.

The fortunate governor presented himself, and the monarch, after honouring him with the title of blockhead, proceeded to scold him roundly.

I did not care for that but had my name sent in, and the duke came out and did me the honour of embracing me and thouing me, and then presented me to his wife, a daughter of the Duke de Bovino, and to the numerous company at table.

Towards the end of the carnival I went to a masked ball at the theatre, and in the course of the evening a harlequin came up and presented his columbine to me.

One took the north and the other the south of Europe, and both cheated and duped whenever the opportunity for doing so presented itself.

He then presented me to his family, and I thought that I could read on the countenance of my cousin, his dearly beloved wife, that she was not much pleased with the newly-found relationship, but his pretty daughter, and a still prettier niece of his, might very easily have given me faith in the doctrine that blood is thicker than water, however fabulous it may be.

After many ablutions and a careful toilet, I thought I could skew my face, and I presented myself coolly in the drawing-room.