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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Presentative \Pre*sent"a*tive\, a.
1. (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a
clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are
presentative, collative, or donative. --Blackstone.
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2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a
presentative parsonage. --Spelman.
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3. (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented
to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as
objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
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The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . .
in contrast and correlation to a "representative
faculty." --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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