prérogative, n.f., prerogative, privilege; attribute.

près, prep., by, near, nigh, close to, hard by, nearly; almost, about; on the point; in comparison. S’asseoir — de quelqu’un; to sit by any one. Il demeure ici —; he lives close by. De —; close, near; closely, intimately. Combattre de —; to fight hand to hand. Suivre de —; to follow on the heels of. À cela —; save that, with that exception; nevertheless, for all that. A beaucoup —; by a great deal, nothing near. Tout —; very near. À peu —; pretty near, nearly so, thereabouts. À peu de chose —; within a trifle. Au plus —; to the nearest place; (nav.) close to the wind. De — et de loin; far and nigh.

présage, n.m., presage, omen, foreboding. Un oiseau de sinistre —; a bird of evil omen.

présager, v.a., to presage, to forebode, to portend, to conjecture.

se présager, v.r., to be foreboded, to be presaged.

pré-salé, n.m.,(—s-—s) salt-marsh-fed (mutton).

presbyopie, n.f., (opt.) presbyopy, presbyopia, far-sightedness, long sight.

presbyte, n.m.f. and adj., presbyte; far-sighted person; presbyopic; long-sighted. Vue —; long sight.

presbytéral, -e, adj., priestly. Maison —e; parsonage, vicarage.

presbytéranisme, n.m. V. presbytérianisme.