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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Re-present \Re`-pre*sent"\ (r?`pr?-z?nt"), v. t. To present again as to re-present the points of an argument. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Represent \Rep`re*sent"\ (r?p`r?-z?nt"), v. t. [F. repr?senter, L. repraesentare repraesentatum pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before present. See {Present}, v. t.] 1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of to exhibit the counterpart or image of to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. --Milton. 2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like 3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind to act the part or character of to personate; as to represent Hamlet. 4. To stand in the place of to supply the place perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of to speak and act with authority in behalf of to act the part of (another); as an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress. 5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show to give one's own impressions and judgement of to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes to give an account of to describe. He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand. --Robertson. This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate. --Addison. 6. To serve as a sign or symbol of as mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things 7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known felt, or apprehended; to present. Among these Fancy next Her office holds of all external things Which he five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes. --Milton. 8. (Metaph.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See {Presentative}, 3. The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy. --Sir. W. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: represent v 1: take the place of [syn: {stand for}, {correspond}] 2: express indirectly; be a symbol of "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: {symbolize}, {stand for}] 3: be representative or typical for "This period is represented by Beethoven" 4: be a delegate for represent somebody's interest, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority" 5: serve as a means of expressing something 6: be characteristic of: "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: {exemplify}, {typify}] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: {constitute}, {make up}, {comprise}, {be}] 8: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial [syn: {defend}] [ant: {prosecute}] 9: create an image or likeness of [syn: {interpret}] 10: play a role or part "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth but she is too young for the role" [syn: {act}, {play}] 11: to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) [syn: {map}]
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