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Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.

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  1. a. Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
  2. word/bringing">Bringing a word/conception">conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. -- Pre*sent"ive*ly, adv. -- Pre*sent"ive*ness, n.
  3. word/bringing">Bringing a word/conception">conception or notion directly before the mind;presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguishedfrom symbolic.How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power inthe last three centuries. Earle.-- Pre*sent"ive*ly, adv.-- Pre*sent"ive*ness, n.
  4. a. Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.