Lexicographical Neighbors of Precent
Literary usage of Precent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont by Augustus Arthur Perceval Egmont, Sophia Crawford Lomas, William Page, Ireland Court of Castle chamber (1905)
"... for a term oj twenty-two years, [see p. 97 above], whereof about thirteen [sic]
arc pant. To precent loss of future ..."
2. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1904)
"... that she had been ill- treated by the respondent, and that thw ill-treatment
had in a large measure brought about her precent mental condition, ..."
3. Collections by New-York Historical Society (1905)
"... the moderator and Clerk Both precent and the meeting Caled again. ... Be Lawfull
for the warning of Town Meetings for the precent Year for the Constable ..."
4. A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, from 1669-1859 by George Faber Clark (1859)
"... to be a precent acording to theyr Bounds that they requested." This second
denial of their request seems to have moderated the zeal of the petitioners, ..."
5. Past and Present of Aberdeenshire: Or, Reminiscences of Seventy Years by William Paul (1881)
"... I canna precent, an' I winna precent." On his way home that day the Laird
fell, and hurt his leg so severely that he was confined to bed for several ..."
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