Presbypithecus (pres"bipitheʻkus)

[NL., Dryden , tr. of Virgil's Georgics, i. 463. presage (pres'āj or pre'sāj; formerly also presaj'), n. [OF. presage , F. présage = Sp. Pg. It. presagio , præsagium , a presentiment, a prognostic, præsagire , feel or perceive before- présbita , présbete = Pg . presbyta = It. presbita , iment, a hand: see presage, v.] 1. Something which foreshows, portends, or gives warning of a future event; a prognostic; an omen. Meteors, prodigies and signs, Abortives, presages , and tongues of heaven, Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John. Shak., K. John, iii. 4. 158. He had before him the sad presage of his ill succe . Milton, Eikon ok las tes, v. They [violent storms] give certain Presages of their being at hand several hours before they come. Dampier , Voyages, II. iii. 60. 2. A foreboding; a presentiment; a feeling that something is to happen; a prophetic impre ion. The sad augurs mock their own presage . Shak., Sonnets, cvii. She will call That three-days-long presageful gloom of yours No presage , but the same mistrustful mood That makes you seem le noble than yourself. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien. prerogative (prē-rogʻa-tiv), v . t .; pret. and pp. prerogatived , ppr. prerogativing . [ prerogative , 3. Foreknowledge; prescience. n .] To endow with a prerogative. Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones; Prerogatived are they le than the base. Shak ., Othello, iii. 3. 274. prerogatively (pre-rog'a-tiv-li), adv . By exclusive or peculiar privilege. Imp . Dict . prest, n. and v . pre 1. If there be aught of presage in the mind, This day will be remarkable in my life. Milton, S. A., 1. 1387. Many a famous man and woman, town And landskip, have I heard of, after seen The dwarfs of presage . IMG:content-0886.png:[blocks in formation] presbite,