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 elbowed.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      God's mercy is made presential to us.
  2. (grammar, now rare) Pertaining to the present tense. [from 19th c.]

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