'Presentiveness' definitions:

Definition of 'Presentiveness'

From: GCIDE
  • Presentive \Pre*sent"ive\, a. (Philol.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. [1913 Webster]
  • How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. --Earle. [1913 Webster] -- {Pre*sent"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Pre*sent"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]