presentiveness
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Presentiveness — Presentive Pre*sent ive, a. (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; distinguished from symbolic. [1913 Webster] How greatly the word will is felt to have lost… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
presentive — presentively, adv. presentiveness, n. /pri zen tiv/, adj. Semantics. notional (def. 7). [1870 75; PRESENT2 + IVE] * * * … Universalium
presentive — /prəˈzɛntɪv/ (say pruh zentiv) adjective Obsolete belonging to a class of words which express clear concepts, as distinct from symbolic words, which express relations between concepts; notional. –presentively, adverb –presentiveness, noun …
presentive — presentively, adv. presentiveness, n. /pri zen tiv/, adj. Semantics. notional (def. 7). [1870 75; PRESENT2 + IVE] … Useful english dictionary
