Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-z?nt`?-t?v), a.
[Cf. F. repr&?;sentatif.] 1. Fitted to
represent; exhibiting a similitude.
2. Bearing the character or power of another;
acting for another or others; as, a council representative of
the people. Swift.
3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent,
or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative
government.
4. (Nat.Hist.) (a)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a
group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
(b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and
habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species
and varieties.
5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a
transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as,
representative faculties; representative knowledge. See
Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. [Cf. LL.
repraesentativus.]
1. One who, or that which, represents
(anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who
was the representative of Credulity.
Addison.
Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes
that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of
whatever we perceive in the creatures.
Locke.
2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who
supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or
their authority.
3. (Law) One who represents, or stands
in the place of, another.
&fist; The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the
representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called
the legal representative, or the personal
representative. The heir is sometimes called the real
representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors
or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously
described as his real and personal representatives.
Wharton. Burrill.
4. A member of the lower or popular house in a
State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]
5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That
which presents the full character of the type of a group.
(b) A species or variety which, in any region,
takes the place of a similar one in another region.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-z?nt`?-t?v), a.
[Cf. F. repr&?;sentatif.] 1. Fitted to
represent; exhibiting a similitude.
2. Bearing the character or power of another;
acting for another or others; as, a council representative of
the people. Swift.
3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent,
or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative
government.
4. (Nat.Hist.) (a)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a
group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
(b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and
habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species
and varieties.
5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a
transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as,
representative faculties; representative knowledge. See
Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. [Cf. LL.
repraesentativus.]
1. One who, or that which, represents
(anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who
was the representative of Credulity.
Addison.
Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes
that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of
whatever we perceive in the creatures.
Locke.
2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who
supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or
their authority.
3. (Law) One who represents, or stands
in the place of, another.
&fist; The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the
representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called
the legal representative, or the personal
representative. The heir is sometimes called the real
representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors
or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously
described as his real and personal representatives.
Wharton. Burrill.
4. A member of the lower or popular house in a
State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]
5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That
which presents the full character of the type of a group.
(b) A species or variety which, in any region,
takes the place of a similar one in another region.
