It is a fearful crisis with him, and his mind wavers, as if presentient of his approaching doom. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper] Reference
We pausd with one presentient mind. From Wordnik.com. [From "The Angel in the House"] Reference
Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call to-morrow morning at ten. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy] Reference
And the clerk has brought the lawyer's papers from Chambers; and in half an hour the literary man knows that the printer's boy will be in the passage; and Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call to-morrow morning at ten. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
And the clerk has brought the lawyer’s papers from Chambers; and in half an hour the literary man knows that the printer’s boy will be in the passage; and Mr. Smith with that little account (that particular little account) has called presentient of your arrival, and has left word that he will call tomorrow morning at ten. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem written by Nayanci Gonzalez just 23 days before she died, entitled, "A Day Begins Without Me.". From Wordnik.com. [Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem] Reference
In response to this challenge, a proponent of the higher-brain approach may either (1) assert that the presentient fetus, PVS patient, and anencephalic infant are not alive despite appearances (Puccetti 1988) or (2) allow that these organisms are alive but are not of the same fundamental kind as we persons: minded beings (McMahan 2002, 423-6). From Wordnik.com. [The Definition of Death] Reference
Poetry & Poets in Rags: Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem. From Wordnik.com. [Poetic Obituaries: Jorge Gonzalez read a presentient poem] Reference
For the sake of his symphony, he forced himself into a quiet frame of mind at night, made room for faint-hearted hopes, and lulled his presentient soul into peace. From Wordnik.com. [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference
Olson 1997) charge as indefensible the claim that we (who are now) human persons were never presentient fetuses. From Wordnik.com. [The Definition of Death] Reference
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