presenting

Verb

present (third-person singular simple present presents, present participle presenting, simple past and past participle presented)

1. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
   • to present an envoy to the king
2. (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
   • With your shabby attire, you do not present well as a prospective investment banking associate!
3. (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
4. (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
5. (archaic, transitive) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
   • In the diocese of Gloucester in 1548 two inhabitants of Slimbridge were presented for saying that holy oil was ‘of no virtue but meet to grease sheep’.1971, Sir Keith Vivian Thomas, “3. The Impact of the Reformation”, in Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth and seventeenth century England, 1st edition, London...
6. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
   • Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 1:6

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