Deftness Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Deftness crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on October 24 2024 New York Times Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Deftness has a total of 7 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | PRESENT | Deftness | New York Times |
Definition
| • | Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident. |
| • | Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit. |
| • | Favorably attentive; propitious. |
| • | Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense. |
| • | To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior. |
| • | To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance. |
| • | To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. |
| • | To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. |
| • | Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts. |
| • | To present; to personate. |
| • | To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. |
| • | To nominate for support at a public school or other institution . |
| • | 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. |
| • | To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries. |
| • | To bring an indictment against . |
| • | To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. |
| • | To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor. |
| • | Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present. |
| • | The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- New York Times: Oct 24, 2024
- Newsday: Aug 20, 2023
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