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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Philol.)

Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; – distinguished from symbolic.

How greatly the word “will” is felt to have lost

presentive

power in the last three centuries.

Earle.

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Pre-sent′ive-ly

adv.

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Pre-sent′ive-ness

Noun.

presentive ‎(not comparable)

Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination.
How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. — Earle.