président, n.m., president, chairman; presiding judge; speaker (of the House of Commons). — d’âge; president by seniority.
présidente, n.f., lady president; president’s wife.
présider, v.a., to preside, to preside (over), to be president (of), to be chairman (of). — une réunion; to preside over a meeting.
présider, v.n., to preside, to be president or chairman; to be in the chair; to direct. — à une assemblée; to preside over an assembly. — à la direction d’un ouvrage; to have the management of a work.
présides, n.m.pl., Spanish penal colonies.
présompti-f, -ve, adj., presumptive, apparent, presumed (of heirs). Héritier —; heir-apparent.
présomption, n.f., presumption, presumptuousness, self-conceit.
présomptueusement (-eûz-mān), adv., presumptuously.
présomptueu-x, -se, adj., n., presumptuous, presuming, self-conceited. Jeune —! presumptuous youth!
presque, adv., almost, nearly, all but. Un ouvrage — achevé; a work nearly finished. Je ne l’ai — pas vu; I scarcely saw him at all. — jamais; hardly ever. — plus de; scarcely any left. — rien; hardly anything.