| Representative (representative) |
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| a. | (-z?nt`?-t?v) |
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| Rep`re*sent"a*tive |
| [Cf. F. repr(?)sentatif.] |
Fitted to
represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Bearing the character or power of another;
acting for another or others; as, a council representative of
the people.
Conducted by persons chosen to represent,
or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative
government.
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a
group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
Giving, or existing as, a
transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as,
representative faculties; representative knowledge. See
Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
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| Representative (representative) |
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| n. | |
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| Rep`re*sent"a*tive |
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One who, or that which, represents
(anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who
supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or
their authority.
One who represents, or stands
in the place of, another.
A member of the lower or popular house in a
State legislature, or in the national Congress.
That
which presents the full character of the type of a group.
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