presentient (ti as shi)

[Lat. præsentiens, pr. par. of præsentio = to feel or perceive beforehand.] [PRESENTIMENT.] Feeling or perceiving beforehand. *pre-sen-tif-ic, *pre-sen-tif-ick, *pre-sent if-ic-al, a. [Lat. præsens=present, and facio = to make.] Making present. (More: Defense of Philosophical Cabbala , ch. ii.) *pre-sen-tif-ic-lý, adv . [Eng. presentific; -ly.] In a presentific manner; so as to make present. prě-şěnt-i-ment, s. [Fr., from Lat. præsentio =to feel or perceive beforehand: præ = before, and sentio to feel or perceive.] 1. Previous perception, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension of something future. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. presentimental 2. Anticipation of impending evil; a foreboding; a vague or undefined antecedent impre ion or conviction that something calamitous or serious is about to happen. "These presentiments of disaster were unfortunately justified."- Eustace: Italy, vol. iii., ch. v. †pre-şěnt-i-ment-al, a . [Eng. presentiment; -al .] Pertaining to, or having, presentiments. prě-şěnt-ive, a. & 8. [Eng. present , a.; -ive .] Grammar : A. As adj .: A term applied to a cla of words which present any conception to the mind. The things presented may be objects of sense, acts, or abstract qualities. Substantives, adjectives, ad. verbs and most verbs are presentive words. Pre sentive is opposed to symbolic (q. v.). "How greatly the word 'will' is felt to have lost pre sentive power in the last three centuries."-Earle: Phil ology , § 235. B. As subst.: A presentive word. "In English prose the number of symbolic words is generally about sixty per cent. of the whole number employed, leaving forty per cent. for the presentives ." Earle: Philology , § 244. prě-şěnt-Ive-lý, adv. [Eng. presentive; -ly.] As a presentive word; with presentive force. "I have let the word 'home' stand once presentively."- Earle : Philology , § 244. prě-şěnt'-Ive-ne , s . [Eng. presentive; -ne .] The quality or state of being presentive; presentive power or force; capability of presenting an independent notion or conception to the mind or to the imagination. "The word 'shall' offers a good example of the movement from presentivene to symbolism."-Earle: Phil ology, § 235. prěş-ent-lý, *pres-ent-lie, adv . [Eng. present , a.; -ly .] *1. At present; at the present time; now. "The towns and forts you presently have."- Sidney : Arcadia. 2. At once; immediately, directly, forthwith. "Presently? Ay, with a twink." Shakesp.: Tempest , iv. 3. In a short time; soon, shortly; before long. 4. With actual presence; actually present. "His precious body and bloud presently there." Bp. Gardner: Real Presence, fo. 23. pre-sent-ment, *pre-sente-ment, s. [English