Represent(v. t.) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
Represent(v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
Represent(v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
Represent(v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
Represent(v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
Represent(v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
Represent(v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
Represent(v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
Representative(a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Representative(a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
Representative(a.) Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
Representative(a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
Representative(a.) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
Representative(a.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Representative(n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
Representative(n.) An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
Representative(n.) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
Representative(n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
Representative(n.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
Representative(n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
Representatively(adv.) In a representative manner; vicariously.
Representativeness(n.) The quality or state of being representative.
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