- 2. Foretell, predict, prophesy, soothsay, bode, portend, foreshow, indicate, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate,
augur. See Vaticinate.
Presage, n.
- 1. Omen, sign, prognostic, augury, portent, token, boding, foreshowing, indication, auspice.
- 2. Prophecy, prediction, foreboding, premonition, foreknowledge, presentiment.
Presbyopia, Presbyopy, n. Far-sightedness, old sight, presbytia.
Presbyopic, a. Far-sighted, presbytic, old-sighted, long-sighted.
Presbytic, a. Far-sighted, presbyopic.
Prescience, n. Foreknowledge, precognition, foresight, forecast, prevision.
Prescient, a. Foreknowing, foreseeing.
Prescribe, v. a. Direct, order, appoint, command, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree, institute, establish.
Prescript, n. Direction, decree, rule, ordinance, law, precept, mandate.
Prescription, n.
- 1. Direction, prescript.
- 2. Custom, usage.
- 3. (Med.) Recipe.
Presence, n.
- 1. Nearness, neighborhood, vicinity.
- 2. Personality.
- 3. Mien, air, appearance, carriage, port, demeanor.
- 4. Presence-chamber, state-room.
Present, a.
- 1. At hand, not absent, near, not away.
- 2. Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.