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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

presentaneous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) ready; quick; immediate in effect
    • in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:

Forms

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more presentaneous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most presentaneous Degree=Sup lexicographic