1) to place beside or near

a) to set at hand

1) to present

2) to proffer

3) to provide

4) to place a person or thing at one's disposal

5) to present a person for another to see and question

6) to present or show

7) to bring to, bring near

8) metaph. i.e to bring into one's fellowship or intimacy

b) to present (show) by argument, to prove

2) to stand beside, stand by or near, to be at hand, be present

a) to stand by

1) to stand beside one, a bystander

b) to appear

c) to be at hand, stand ready

d) to stand by to help, to succour

e) to be present

1) to have come

2) of time