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Show PiR P Thou fpendeft thy time in waiting upo fuc a great one, and thy eftate in prefenting him and after all haft no othe reward bu fometimes t be {miled upon, and always to be fmiled at He now prefents Souzh as ancient ladies do That courted long, at length are forc'd to woo Dryden his admirabl fo ©Octavia prefinted the poet clegy on her fon Marcellus Drydea Should T prefent thee with rare figur'd plate = O how thy rifing heart would throb and beat. Dryd 7. To prefer to ecclefiaftical benefices That he put thefe bifhops in the places of th deceafed by his own authority, is notorioufly falfe for the duke of Saxony always prefenteds Atterbury 8. To offer openly He was appointed admiral, and prefented battl to the French navy, which they refufed Hayw 9. To introduce by fomething exhibite to the view or notice. Not 1n ufe Tell on, quoth fhe, the woful tragedy The which thefe reliques fad prefens unto. Spenfer 10. To lay before a court of judicature as an obje& of enquiry Th grand juries were practifed effetually wit By union T d localior prefential prefent not undeftand that whic becaufe1 confider Go i as omni Norris PresenTIA'LITY. 2./. [from prefential. State of being prefent Thi eternal indivifikl a o hi exiftenc makes all futures actually prefent to himj and i is the prefentiality of the obje€t, which founds th unerring certainty of his knowledge. South's Serm 7o PRESE'NTIATE, @w. a. [from prefent. To make preflent The fancy may be fo ftrong, as to prefentiat upon one theatre, all that ever it took notice of i times paft any one thin than havin perfection t the power of fancy, in prefentiatin that is paft, being no lefs wonderful that power, it fhould alfo acquire th prefentiate them all Grew PrEsENTI'FICK. adj. [prefens and facio Tat.] Making prefent Not in ufe PreseNTI'FicKkLY. adv. [from prefentifick.] In fuch a manner as to mak .adj [fro prefent. What may be prefented Incumbents of churches prefentable cannot, b their fole a&, grant their incumbencies to others but may make leafes of the profits thereof. Ay/iffe Presenra'rion from prefent. . [prefentation, Fr 1. The aét of prefenting hand of God Hooker 2. The a& of offering any one to an ecclefiaftical benefice He made effetual provifion for recovery -of advowfons and prefentations to churches Hale What fhall the curate controul me have not the prefentation Gay 3. Exhibition Thefe prefentations of fighting on the ftage, ar neceffary to produce the effects of an heroick play Dryden 4. This word is mifprinted for pre/enfion Althoug in fundr animals w den not kind of natural meteorology, or innate prefentatio both of win from fenfe after death an the weather and exiftent before him PrRE'SENTLY. adv 1. At prefent Th town More [from prefent. at this time; now an forts yo prefentl Obf have ar ftill left unto you to be kept either with or withou garrifons, fo as you alter not the laws of the country Sidney We may prefume, that a rare thing it is no in the church of God, even for that very wor which is read to be prefently their joy, and afterwards their ftudy that hear it Hooker To fpeak of it as requireth, would require ver long difcoutfe 5 all I will prefently fay is this. Hooker Covetous ambition, thinking all too little whic prefently it hath, fuppofeth itfelf to ftand in nee Prayers are fometimes a prefentation of mere defires, as a mean of procuring defired effets at th yet that proceedin cannot retain that apprehenfio Brown's Vulgar Ervours PRESE'NTATIVE. adj. [from prefent. Such as that prefentations may be mad of it Mirs. Gulfton pofieflfed of the impropriate parfonage -of Bardwell, did procure from the kin leave to annex the famé to the vicarage, and t make it prefentative, and gave them both to St Spelman John's College in Oxon PrESENTE'E. n. /. [from prefenté One prefented to a benefice Fr. Our laws make the ordinary a difturber, if h does not give inftitution upon the fitnefs of a perfo prefented to him, or at leaft to give notice to th Ayliffe patron of the difubility of his prefentee Prese'NTER. 2. /. [from prefent. that prefents On The thing was acceptable, but not the prefenter L' Eftrange Prese'NTIAL. adj. [from prefent. pofing attual prefence Sup- Doth preferaation feck, deftructio fhup Ou allwife Maker has putinto man th nefs of hunger, thirft, and othe natura] to determine their wills for th themfelyes, and the continuation ofpréferva thei f PRESE'RVATIVE =, [ preferwasif, from preferve. That which ha power of preferving ; fomethin ventive; fomething that confer rity If we think that the church needeth not ancient prefervatives, which ages befor glad to ufe, we deceive ourfelves from the fpirits epithets PRESE'NTABLE The whole evolution of times and ages, fro everlafting to everlafting, is collectedly and pre and actions were, at this very inftant, really prefen Some plagues partake of fuch malignity, that like a prefentanecus poifon, they ehecate in tw hours Harwey fenfelefs thing, by nature' prefent Jentifickly reprefented to God at once, as if all thing PresenTA'NEOUS. adj. [from prafentaneus, Latin, Ready; quick; immediate Her times of proferaation I give my tendance to. Shakefs The eyes of the Lord are him, he is their mighty protection from ftumbling, and a help from fo Ev'r It hath been anciently in ufe to wear tab arfenick, as prefervatives againft the plagu to prefent the faid pamphlet, with all aggravatin Savift 10 of all which it hath not Raleigh 2. Immediately ; foon after Tell him, that no hiftory can match his policies, and prefenrly the fot fhall meafure himfelf b himfelf South PrRESE'NTMENT. 7. /. [from prefent. 1. The act of prefenting When comes your book forth ? -Upon the heels of my prefentment Shake[peare 2. Any thing prefented or exhibited; reprefentation Thus T hur My dazzling {pells into the fpungy air 3. In law, prefentment is a mere denuncia tion of the jurors themfelves or fom other officer as juftice conftable apd without an offence inquirabl in the court to which it is prefented Coavel The grand juries were practifed with, to prefen the faid pamphlet with all aggravating epithets, an their prefentments publifhed for feveral weeks in al the news-papers Sawift PrE‘SENTNESS Prefe:nc 7. / of mind [fro Wer there truth herein, it were th prefent. quicknefs at emer gencies. Coring had a much better underftanding, 2 muc keener courage, and prefentnefs of mind in danger Clarendon PrRESERVA'TION. #. /. [from preferwe. The act of preferving; care to preferve; a&t of keeping from deftruétion decay, or any ill. Jerwative for princes, and perfons exalted unt fears Bodies kept clean, which ufe preforvatives likely to efcape infeétion it The moft effe€tual prefervative o is to avoid the converfation of wicked men a R Molly is an Egyptian plant, and was ufe of as a preferwative againft enchantment PreSE'RVATIVE. adj, Having th of preferving 70 PRESE'RVE. w. a. [prefer Latin5 preferwer, French. 1. To fave; to defend from deftru or any evil ; to keep The Tord fhall deliver me from every evi and preferve me unto his heavenly kingdom. God fent me to preferve you a pofter fave your lives Gen - She fhall lead me foberly in my doings preferve me in her power Wifdomy i He did too frequently gratify their unjuftif defigns, a guilt all men, who are obnoxiou liable to, and can hardly preferve themfe}: We can preferve unhurt our minds To be indifferent, which of two o true, is the right temper of the mind Jerwes it from being impofed on, till it ha beft to find the truth Of power to cheat the eye with blear illufion And give it falfe prefentments, left the plac And my quaint habits breed aftonithment. Milton fearcher, furveyors information, of a that being poifons themfelves, they draw the Every petty prince in Germany m treated to prcferwe the queen of Great Brit her throne 2. To feafon fruits and other veg with fugar and in other properp as, to preferve plums, awalnits, frn cumbers. Peese rvE. #. /. [from the verb. preferved whole in fugar All this is eafily difcerned in thofe fr are brought in preferwes unto us The fruit wit!fthe hufk, when tende makes a good preferve PrESE'RVER. 7./. [from pref 1. One wh preferves on from ruin or mifchief Sit, my preferwer, by 'thy padenNfi To be always thinking, perhaps, lege of the infinite Author and preferve but* p fle no ber flux nev wh tent to any finite being t e erel ftat ha Dor Andre the glorious title of .dehve:"er'of wealth; and one of his famxk} him its preferver 2. He who makea'érewes,fi |