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† ˈpresentary, a. Obs.
Also 7 præ-.
[ad. L. præsentāri-us that is at hand, ready, quick, f. præsent-em: see present a. and -ary1.]
= present a. 6, 8.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. vi. 134 (Camb. MS.) For this ilke infynyt moeuynge of temporel thinges folweth this presentarye estat of lyf vnmoeuable. 1621T. Bedford Sin unto Death 67 He alloweth a præsentary lapse. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. 15 These..were the presentary and explicite Testimonies of the peoples general approbations, and congratulations. |
