present (v.) Copy link Outline I. To bring to view, put forward; esp. with pron. refl.1. offĕro, obtŭli, oblātum, 3, irr.2. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put directly before or in the way of)3. praebeo, 2 (to offer; display)4. in legal sense, sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3 (to p. oneself in court5. in fig. sense, of things which come before the mind6. obvĕnio, 4 (similar to occurro)II. To introduceIII. To give freely1. do, 1, irr.; esp. with dat. dono, muneri2. dōno, 1 (with acc. of gift; and dat. of person; or acc. of person and abl. of gift)3. mūnĕro, mūnĕror, 1 (usu. with acc. of person and sometimes abl. of gift)IV. In eccl. lang., to p. to a living • present (v.): I. To bring to view, put forward; esp. with pron. refl.: 1. offĕro, obtŭli, oblātum, 3, irr.: you have p.'d yourself very opportunely, oppido opportune te obtulisti mihi obviam, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24: to p. an appearance, speciem of., Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81. 2. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to put directly before or in the way of): (the moon) p.ing her globe to (the sun's) burning rays, objiciens radiis ardentibus orbem, Lucr. 5, 754: if such a vision have been p.'d by the deity to a sleeper, si tale visum objectum est a Deo dormienti, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49: and as pass. refl., Virg. Aen. 2, 200 (objicitur, p.s itself). 3. praebeo, 2 (to offer; display): to p. one's neck to the knife, cervicem p. (sc. securi), Petr. 97: Juv.: to p. the appearance (of something), speciem pr., Liv. 21, 2, extr. See also to offer, display. 4. in legal sense, sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3 (to p. oneself in court: to appear): Cic. Quint. 6, 25: Dig. Also as pass. refl.: Cic. ib. 7, extr. 5. in fig. sense, of things which come before the mind: occurro, i, rsum, 3: whatever comes into the mind or p.s itself, quodcunque in mentem veniat, aut quodcunque occurrat, Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47: more emphatically with ipse (to p. itself unsought): id. de Or. 3, 49, 191 (ipsi occurrent oratione, ... ipsi se offerent, speaking of musical feet). 6. obvĕnio, 4 (similar to occurro): an opportunity p.s itself, occasio obv., Pl. As. 2., 2, 15: Cic. Phr.: where an opportunity is p.'d, occasione data: v. opportunity. II. To introduce: intrōdūco, indūco: v. to introduce. III. To give freely: 1. do, 1, irr.; esp. with dat. dono, muneri: v. to give. 2. dōno, 1 (with acc. of gift; and dat. of person; or acc. of person and abl. of gift): he p.s the youth with a caparisoned horse, puero equum ornatum donat, Liv. 27, 19, extr.: Cic.: but oftener with acc. and abl.: to p. any one with the franchise, aliquem civitate d., Cic. Arch. 3, 5: Hor. 3. mūnĕro, mūnĕror, 1 (usu. with acc. of person and sometimes abl. of gift): Cic. Deiot. 6, 17 (munerare aliquem aliqua re): Sen.: Hor. (munerari). IV. In eccl. lang., to p. to a living: Phr.: *beneficio donare.