préséance (pré-séans), n.f., precedence. Avoir la — sur; to take precedence of.
présence, n.f., presence, attendance, sight, view. Faire acte de —; to put in an appearance. Mettre en —; to bring face to face. En — de; in presence of, in view of. En ma —; before me. Deux armées en —; two armies facing each other. — d’esprit; presence of mind.
présent, n.m., present, present time; present, gift; (gram.) present, present tense. Donner en —; to give as a present. Faire — de; to make a present of. Dès à —; from this time. À —; at present. Pour le —; for the present, for the nonce. Jusqu’à —; till now.
présent, -e, adj., present! here! Être —; to be present, to stand by.
présentable, adj., presentable, fit to be seen.
présentat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., presenter (to benefices); introducer.
présentation, n.f., presentation, presentment, introduction. À —; (com.) on presentation, on demand. En retard de —; (com.) overdue.
présente, n.f., present letter. pl., (jur.) presents.
présentement (-zant-mān), adv., now, at present.
présenter, v.a., to present, to offer, to hold out, to show, to turn, to expose, to bring forward, to introduce. — ses lettres de créance; to present one’s credentials. — les armes; to present arms. — une personne à une autre; to introduce one person to another. — à quelqu’un ses respects; to pay one’s respects to any one.