Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REP-RE-SENT'A-TIVE
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REP-RE-SENT'A-TIVE, a. [Fr. representatif.]
- Exhibiting a similitude. They own the legal sacrifices, though representative, to be proper and real. – Atterbury.
- Bearing the character or power of another; as, a council representative of the people. – Swift.
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