presential

English

Etymology

From Late Latin praesentialis.

Adjective

presential (comparative more presential, superlative most presential)

  1. (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.
  2. (grammar, now rare) Pertaining to the present tense. [from 19th c.]
  • presentially

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