Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Rappresentá-re, v. a.
1. to bring forth, produce, lay before; 2. to present, describe, express, show, lay before, let see; 3. to represent, to signify or denote; 4. to act. — un opera, una commedia, to act an opera or a play; 5. to represent one, to be his representative or proxy, to hold or be in his place; v. r. to fancy, imagine to one's self; s. m. Rappresentá-tóre, f. Rappresentá-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
rappresentare: to represent or shew vnto. Also to play Comedies or Tragedies.
