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Presentive
- - Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
Presentoir
- - An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.
Pretendant
- - A pretender; a claimant.
Pretenders
- noun - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Pretending
- verb - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretension
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Prevenance
- - A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
Prevenancy
- - The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness.
Prevenient
- adjective - in anticipation
Preventing
- verb - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"