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presentment
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman presentment, presentement, Middle French presentement, corresponding to present +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???z?ntm?nt/
Noun
presentment (countable and uncountable, plural presentments)
- (law) A statement made on oath by a jury. [from 15th c.]
- 1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery, Penguin History, paperback edition, page 62:
- In 1771, a grand jury presentment in Georgia revealed that "Slaves are permitted to rent houses [...]."
- 1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery, Penguin History, paperback edition, page 62:
- (law) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.
- (ecclesiastical law) A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon. [from 16th c.]
- 1991, Raymond Grant, The Royal Forests of England, Alan Sutton 1991:
- He recognised that there was general resentment of the oppressive conduct of the Forest officers, and made provision for regular inquiries into it, and for presentment of Forest offences to be made at the attachment courts, as a procedure preliminary to the Forest Eyre.
- 1991, Raymond Grant, The Royal Forests of England, Alan Sutton 1991:
- The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment. [from 16th c.]
- 2000, Sarah Rose, "The Truth about Online Banking", Money, vol. 29.4:
- When online bill presentment, which removes all the paperwork, becomes widespread, says McKinsey's Stephenson, online banking will be far more compelling.
- 2000, Sarah Rose, "The Truth about Online Banking", Money, vol. 29.4:
- (now rare) An artistic representation; a picture. [from 16th c.]
- 1923, "Arts: In Washington", Time, 21 Dec 1923:
- Noted among the who's-who in portraiture: Hopkinson's Secretary Hughes, Childe Hassam's Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, Edmund C. Tarbell's Mary at the Harpsichord, Lillian Westcott Hale's child portrait study of Brothers, Frank Benson's Girl in Blue Jacket, and Marion Boyd Allen's presentment of Anna Vaughn Hyatt.
- 1923, "Arts: In Washington", Time, 21 Dec 1923:
- Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music. [from 17th c.]
- (now rare) The aspect or form in which something presents itself; appearance. [from 17th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- But it was especially the aspect of the three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly calculated to allay these colourless misgivings, and induce confidence and cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Derived terms
- presentment of Englishry
Old French
Etymology
presenter +? -ment.
Noun
presentment m (oblique plural presentmenz or presentmentz, nominative singular presentmenz or presentmentz, nominative plural presentment)
- presentation (act of presenting, of showing)
- presentation (that which is presented, is given)
Descendants
- ? English: presentment
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presentient
English
Etymology
pre- +? sentient
Adjective
presentient (comparative more presentient, superlative most presentient)
- Having a presentiment.
- Not yet having achieved sentience.
- a presentient foetus
Anagrams
- spinnerette
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