Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REP-RE-SENT-A'TION
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REP-RE-SENT-A'TION, n.
- The act of representing, describing or showing.
- That which exhibits by resemblance; image, likeness, picture or statue; as, representations of God. – Stillingfleet.
- Any exhibition of the form or operations of a thing by something resembling it. A map is a representation of the world or a part of it. The terrestrial globe is a representation of the earth. An orrery is a representation of the planets and their revolutions.
- Exhibition, as of a play on the stage.
- Exhibition of a character in theatrical performance.
- Verbal description; statement of arguments or facts in narration, oratory, debate, petition, admonition, &c.; as, the representation of a historian, of a witness or an advocate.
- The business of acting as a substitute for another; as, the representation of a nation in a legislative body.
- Representatives, as a collective body. It is expedient to have an able representation in both houses of congress.
- Public exhibition.
- The standing in the place of another, as an heir, or in the right of taking by inheritance. – Blackstone.
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