Activate and Present

verb

• Put in motion or move to act.
  • usage: "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
  • synonyms: trip, actuate, trigger, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• Make active or more active.
  • usage: "activate an old file"
• Make more adsorptive.
  • usage: "activate a metal"
• Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.
  • synonyms: aerate
• Make (substances) radioactive. .

noun

• The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.
  • usage: "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
  • synonyms: nowadays
• Something presented as a gift.
  • usage: "his tie was a present from his wife"
• A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.
  • synonyms: present tense

verb

• Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
  • usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
  • synonyms: show, demo, exhibit, demonstrate
• Bring forward and present to the mind.
  • usage: "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
  • synonyms: represent, lay out
• Perform (a play), especially on a stage.
  • usage: "we are going to stage `Othello'"
  • synonyms: stage, represent
• Hand over formally.
  • synonyms: submit
• Introduce.
  • usage: "This poses an interesting question"
  • synonyms: pose
• Give, especially as an honor or reward.
  • usage: "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
  • synonyms: award
• Give as a present; make a gift of.
  • usage: "What will you give her for her birthday"
  • synonyms: give, gift
• Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea. )
  • usage: "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
  • synonyms: deliver
• Cause to come to know personally.
  • usage: "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
  • synonyms: introduce, acquaint
• Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture.
  • usage: "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
  • synonyms: portray
• Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.
  • usage: "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
  • synonyms: confront, face
• Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc..
• Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position.
  • usage: "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
  • synonyms: salute

adjective

• Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration.
  • usage: "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
• Being or existing in a specified place.
  • usage: "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

• (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
• (a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
• (a.) To present; to personate.
• (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
• (n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
• (a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
• (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.
• (a.) To lay before a public body or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.
• (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
• (a.) Now existing or in process; begun but not ended; now in view or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
• (a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
• (a.) To bring an indictment against .
• (a.) To aim, point or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
• (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
• (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
• (a.) To pass over, especially in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
• (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
• (v.i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
• (a.) A present tense or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
• (a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances or whatever they think to be public injuries.
• (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
• (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
• (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.