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represent

rep.re.sent \.rep-ri-'zent\ \-*-b*l\ vb [ME representen, fr. MF 
   representer, fr. L repraesentare, fr.] re- + praesentare to present 1: to 
   bring clearly before the mind : PRESENT  2: to serve as a sign or symbol of 
    3: to portray or exhibit in art : DEPICT  4: to serve as the counterpart 
   or image of : TYPIFY  5a: to produce on the stage  5b: to act the part or 
   role of  6a1: to take the place of in some respect  6a2: to act in the 
   place of or for usu. by legal right  6b: to serve esp. in a legislative 
   body by delegated authority usu. result ing from election 7: to describe as 
   having a specified character or quality  8a: to state to affect action or 
   judgment : ADVOCATE  8b: to point out in protest or remonstrance  9: to 
   serve as a specimen, example, or instance of  10a: to form an image or 
   representation of in the mind  10b1: to apprehend (an object) by means of 
   an idea  10b2: to recall in memory  11: to correspond to in kind  : to make 
   representations against something : PROTEST  - rep.re.sent.able aj