Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person affected with presbyopia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
presbyope .
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Examples
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"Supposing these facets myope or presbyte," observed Jack, "that gives seventeen thousand three hundred and twenty-five pairs of spectacles on one nose!"
Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien
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On the 17th February, 1803, "the standing eommit - tee of missions" (appointed by the General Assembly in May, 1802) addressed a letter to "each of the presbyte - ries immediately connected with that body in the man - agement of missionary concerns," soliciting such informa - tion as their experience enabled them to give, respecting persons suitable for "missionaries to the frontiers and to the Indian tribes, and the places or regions demanding missionary labours."
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