Represent(v. t.)
- To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
Represent(v. t.)
- To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
Represent(v. t.)
- To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
Represent(v. t.)
- To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
Represent(v. t.)
- To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
Represent(v. t.)
- To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
Represent(v. t.)
- To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
Represent(v. t.)
- To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
Representative(a.)
- Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Representative(a.)
- Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
Representative(a.)
- Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
Representative(a.)
- Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
Representative(a.)
- Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
Representative(a.)
- Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Representative(n.)
- One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
Representative(n.)
- An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
Representative(n.)
- One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
Representative(n.)
- A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
Representative(n.)
- That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
Representative(n.)
- A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
Representatively(adv.)
- In a representative manner; vicariously.