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Webster 1913 Edition
Presential
Pre-sen′tial
,Adj.
[LL.
praesentialis
.] Implying actual presence; present, immediate.
[Obs.]
God’s mercy is made
– presential
to us. Jer. Taylor.
Pre-sen′tial-ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Presential
PRESEN'TIAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
presential
presential
English
Adjective
presential (comparative more presential, superlative most presential)
- (now rare) Implying actual presence; present. [from 15th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- Going a foote, I shall durty my selfe up to my waste; and little men, going alongst our streets, are subject (for want of presentiall apparence) to be justled or elhowed.
- God's mercy is made presential to us. — Jeremy Taylor.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- (grammar, now rare) Pertaining to the present tense. [from 19th c.]
Related terms
- presentially