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noun

Present n.

Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. "Past and present, wound in one."

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.

(Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

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."

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... see, to-morrow," answered the Captain; "at present we must turn in and rest. See, the Eskimos have already set us ...

— The Giant of the North - Pokings Round the Pole • R.M. Ballantyne

... excited," declared the other. "Nobody can think straight at present—you can't think straight yourself. If the mine's on fire, and if the fire is spreading to such an extent that it can't be ...

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... Dr. Santiago O'Farrell, son of one of the earliest Irish pioneers, holds a foremost position among the distinguished lawyers of the present day. An Irish engineer, Mr. John Coghlan, gave Buenos Ayres its first waterworks. The British hospital has at present for its leading surgeon a distinguished Irishman, Dr. Luke O'Connor. A son of Peter Sheridan, educated in England, has left the finest landscapes of South America by any artist born in America. He died at ...

— The Glories of Ireland • Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

... therefore, in order that they may be observed as his Majesty orders, and that to that end they may keep a copy in their possession, in order that they may know and observe them, they ordered, and they did so order, that the said advocates and attorneys in all suits at present pending in this royal Audiencia, as in those which shall be brought and continued henceforth, touching the said natives, shall approve and adhere to the said customs which the Indians were thus accustomed to follow and do follow; and they shall take a copy of the said customs ...

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