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presbyope
presbyope (ˈprɛsbɪəʊp, ˈprɛz-) [f. as next + Gr. -ωπος seeing.] A person affected with presbyopia.1857 in Dunglison. 1880 L. Owen tr. Giraud-Teulon's Elem. Treat. Function of Vision ii. ii. 30 The presbyope presents himself generally under the following aspect: he has always enjoyed excellent distan...
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presbyte
ˈpresbyte [ad. Gr. πρεσβύτης an old man (Aristotle, Prob. 31. 25). So F. presbyte, mod.L. presbyta.] = presbyope. (The modern use is not that of Aristotle, who only raises the question why an old man (πρεσβύτης) is long-sighted. Nor is it recognized even in the 1762 ed. of Castelli Lex. Med. I. Bywa...
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trifocal
trifocal, a. and n. (traɪˈfəʊkəl) [f. tri- + focal a.] A. adj. † a. (See quot.) Obs.1826 J. I. Hawkins in Repertory Patent Inventions III. 386 When three pairs [of glasses] are worn in one frame..which I denominate trifocal spectacles, the opening should be a circle of one inch diameter. b. Of a len...
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present
▪ I. present, a. (adv.) (ˈprɛzənt) Also 6 præsent. [a. OF. present (11th c. in Littré), in mod.F. présent (see presence):—L. præsens, præsent-em present, immediate, prompt, properly pres. pple. of præesse to be before, to be at hand. In verse often stressed preˈsent down to c 1500.] A. adj. An adjec...
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