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representing
     1. v. present participle of represent
     2. n. An act of representation.
     represent
          1. v. 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.
          2. v. To portray visually; to delineate
                a picture can be represented in a landscape.
                The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.
          3. v. To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
                It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.
          4. v. To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
                He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.
                As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony.
                An attorney's job is to represent his client in court
          5. v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
                They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.
          6. v. To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
                He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
          7. v. To give an account of; to describe.
          8. v. To serve as a sign or symbol of
                The @ symbol represents the online world.
                A dove is often used to represent peace.
          9. v. To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
          10. v. To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
          11. v. To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
          12. v. (sports) To participate as a team member
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
personifying
     1. v. present participle of personify
     personify
          1. v. To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
                Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
          2. v. To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character.
                The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
death
     1. n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
           The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.
     2. n. (often, capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
           When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.
     3. n. (the death) The collapse or end of something.
           England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.  death of the feudalism
     4. n.          (figuratively, esp. followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
                   This bake sale is gonna be the death of me!
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