| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
present2 |
| |
| NOUN: | Something bestowed freely: gift, presentation. Chiefly British : handsel. See GIVE. | | VERB: | 1. To make known socially: acquaint, introduce. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To give formally or officially: accord, award, bestow, confer, grant. See GIVE. 3. To make a gift of: bestow, give (away), hand out. See GIVE. 4. To put before another for acceptance: extend, offer, proffer, tender2, volunteer. Idioms: come forward with, lay at someone's feet, lay before. See OFFER. 5. To bring forward for formal consideration: adduce, cite, lay1. Archaic : allege. See LAW, WORDS. 6. To produce on the stage: act (out), do, dramatize, enact, give, perform, put on, stage. See PERFORMING ARTS.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
