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[Fr. répréhens if; Sp. rep rensivo; Ital. riprensivo.] Containing reprehension or reproof. rěp-rě-hěn sive-ly, adv. [Eng. reprehensive; -ly.] In a reprehensive or reproving manner; with reprehension or reproof. "Xenophanes the Colophon i an reprehensively admon. ished the Egyptians."-Cudworth: Intell. System , p. 226. rěp-rě-hen-sõr-ý, adj . [Lat. reprehensus , pa. representation I. Ordinary Language: 1. To present again, or in place of something else; to exhibit the image or counterpart of; to typify. "Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heav'nly fires." Milton: P. L. , xii. 255. 2. To exhibit or portray by pictorial or plastic art; to reproduce. 3. To portray or exhibit by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate. 4. To depict, to describe, to give an account of; as. He represents his agent as being remi in his duties. dangers of a line of conduct. 5. To declare, to set forth; as, to represent the 6. To stand in or supply the place, or perform the duties or functions of; to speak and act with authority on behalf of; to look after the interests of; to be a substitute, agent, or deputy for. "The Estates had liberally voted such a supply as the poor country which they represented could afford."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xxi. 7. To stand in the place of, in the right of inherit ance. 8. To serve or stand as a symbol or sign of; as, Words represent ideas or things. 9. To image or picture in sensation. II. Zool. & Biol .: Before any clear ideas prevailed as to the geographical distribution of animals, it was held that every type in one hemisphere was represented by a corresponding type in the other hemisphere. Thus, the puma in the New World was held to represent the lion and the tiger in the Old World. had "Until the last few years the existence of two genera having so very much in common as the camels and the llamas, and yet so completely isolated geographically, ided not received any satisfactory explanation, for the old the two hemispheres of the world was a mere fancy without philosophical basis."-Prof. Flower, in Encyc. Brit. (ed. 9th), xiv. 738. rë-prě-şěnt' (2), v . t . [Prefix re- , and Eng. pre again before the mind. sent, v. (q. v.)] To present again or anew; to bring rěp-rě-şent-a-ble, a. [Eng. represent; -able.] Capable of being represented. *rěp-rě-şěnt-ançe, s. [Eng. represent; -ance.] Representation, likene . "The representances and forms of those who have brought something profitable." -Donne: Hist. Septuagint, р. 93. senter.]