in praesenti
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I say, parents and masters would leave their children alone a little more, small harm would accrue, although a less quantity of as in praesenti might be acquired.
From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace
He afterwards entered upon As in praesenti, which he converted in the same manner to the use of his parishioners.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James
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