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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

At present; at this time; now.

[Obs.]

The towns and forts you

presently

have.

Sir P. Sidney.

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.

With actual presence; actually .

[Obs.]

His precious body and blood

presently three

Bp. Gardiner.

adv.

s as z. At present; at this time.

The towns and forts you presently have.

In a short time after; soon after.

Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. Phil.2.

And presently the fig-tree withered away. Matt.21.