Present

1. a. A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
2. a. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; — opposed to absent.
3. a. Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
4. a. Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
5. a. Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
6. a. Favorably attentive; propitious.
7. a. Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
8. a. Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, ” Know all men by these presents,” that is, by the writing itself, ” per has literas praesentes; ” — in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
9. a. To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
10. a. To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.
11. 1a. 1 A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
12. 1a. 1 Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; — opposed to absent.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.