Present, subst. 1) a gift, a donative: Tp. II, 2, 72. Gent. III, 1, 92. IV, 2, 80. IV, 4, 7. IV, 4, 7 Wiv. II, 2, 206. Merch. II, 2, 108. Merch. II, 2, 108 Merch. II, 2, 108 H5 I, 2, 260. R3 I, 1, 120. Tit. IV, 1, 116. IV, 3, 75. Tim. I, 2, 190. II, 2, 145. Ant. I, 5, 45. Cymb. I, 6, 187. Cymb. I, 6, 187
2) the present time: smothering his passions for the p. Lucr. Arg. Cymb. I, 6, 187 Mcb. III, 4, 31. “crowning the p., doubting of the rest,” Sonn. 115, 12. 123, 10. Tp. I, 1, 25. “such a one I was this p.” Tw. I, 5, 253 (== this moment). “many a man there is even at this p.” Wint. I, 2, 192. “make stale the glistering of this p.” IV, 1, 14. “I'm very sorry to sit here at this p.” H8 V, 3, 9. “no perfection in reversion shall have a praise in p.” Troil. III, 2, 100. “what they do in p., though less than yours in past,” III, 3, 163. “three talents on the p., in future all,” Tim. I, 1, 141. “for this p., I would not be any further moved,” Caes. I, 2, 165. “thy letters have transported me beyond this ignorant p.” Mcb. I, 5, 58. “her son gone, so needful for this p.” Cymb. IV, 3, 8.
3) an affair in hand, a question under consideration: “use him for the p. and dismiss him,” Meas. IV, 2, 27 (i. e. for the present occasion). “and that you not delay the p., but we prove this very hour,” Cor. I, 6, 60. “shall I be charged no further than this p.? must all determine here?” III, 3, 42. “this is from the p.” Ant. II, 6, 30 (not to the purpose).
4) the money which a person has about him: “I'll make division of my p. with you,” Tw. III, 4, 380.
5) a mandate, a writing: “what p. hast thou there?” LLL IV, 3, 189. “be it known unto all men by these --s,” As I, 2, 132; cf. Cade's blunder in H6B IV, 7, 32.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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