presentaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin praesentaneus. See present (adjective).

Adjective

presentaneous (comparative more presentaneous, superlative most presentaneous)

  1. (obsolete) ready; quick; immediate in effect
    presentaneous poison
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for presentaneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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