represent (v.)
late 14c., "to bring to mind by description," also "to symbolize, serve as a sign or symbol of; serve as the type or embodiment of;" from Latin repraesentare "make present, set in view, show, exhibit, display," from re-, intensive prefix , + praesentare "to present," literally "to place before," from praesens) "present, at hand, in sight; immediate; prompt, instant; contemporary," from present participle of præesse "be before (someone or something), be at hand," fro prae- "before" (see pre-) + esse "to be" (from PIE root *es- "to be").
