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English Dictionary: at present	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at present adv at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now- aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" Synonym(s): now, at present
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Present \Pres"ent\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]sent. See {Present}, a.] 1. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. Past and present, wound in one. --Tennyson. 2. pl. (Law) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, [bd] Know all men by these presents,[b8] that is, by the writing itself, [bd] per has literas praesentes; [b8] -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular. 3. (Gram.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. {At present}, at the present time; now. {For the present}, for the tine being; temporarily. {In present}, at once, without delay. [Obs.] [bd]With them, in present, half his kingdom; the rest to follow at his death.[b8] --Milton.