Bible Dictionaries
Representation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.

(2):

(n.) That which represents.

(3):

(n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.

(4):

(n.) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.

(5):

(n.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.

(6):

(n.) The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

(7):

(n.) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

(8):

(n.) The state of being represented.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Representation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/representation.html. 1828.