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Found 6 hits - Term: prise, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prise \prise\, n.
   an enterprise. obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prise \prise\, n.  v.
   see prize, n., 5. also prize, v. t.
   1913 webster
see also:
prize 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prize \prize\ primacz, n. f. prise a seizing, hold, grasp,
   fr. pris, p. p. of prendre to take, l. prendere, prehendere;
   in some senses, as 2
   b, either from, or influenced by, f. prix price. see
       prison, prehensile, and cf. pry, and also price.
       1913 webster

   1. that which is taken from another; something captured; a
      thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
      1913 webster

            i will depart my pris, or my prey, by deliberation.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            his own prize,
            whom formerly he had in battle won.   --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, specifically;
      a law anything captured by a belligerent using the
          rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in
          virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --kent.
          --brande  c.
      b an honor or reward striven for in a competitive
          contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an
          inducement to, or reward of, effort.
          1913 webster

                i'll never wrestle for prize more. --shak.
          1913 webster

                i fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize.
                                                  --dryden.
          1913 webster
      c that which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
          1913 webster

   3. anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or
      in prospect.
      1913 webster

            i press toward the mark for the prize of the high
            calling of god in christ jesus.       --phil. iii.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

   4. a contest for a reward; competition. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. a lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. written also
      prise.
      1913 webster

   prize court, a court having jurisdiction of all captures
      made in war on the high seas. --bouvier.

   prize fight, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists,
      for a stake or wager.

   prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; --
      applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --pope.

   prize fighting, fighting, especially boxing, in public for
      a reward or wager.

   prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a
      captured vessel.

   prize medal, a medal given as a prize.

   prize money, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured
      vessel, etc., paid to the captors.

   prize ring, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the
      system and practice of prize fighting.

   to make prize of, to capture. --hawthorne.
      1913 webster
see also:
prison prehensile pry price prise prize court 
prize fight prize fighter prize fighting prize master prize medal 
prize money prize ring to make prize of 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prize \prize\, v. t.
   to move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry. written
   also prise.
   1913 webster
see also:
prise 
[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prize \prize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. prized; p. pr.  vb. n.
   prizing. f. priser, of. prisier, preisier, fr. l.
   pretiare, fr. pretium worth, value, price. see price, and
   cf. praise. formerly written also prise. 
   1913 webster
   1. to set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to
      rate.
      1913 webster

            a goodly price that i was prized at.  --zech. xi.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

            i prize it life not a straw, but for mine honor.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to
      esteem. "i do love, prize, honor you. " --shak.
      1913 webster

            i prized your person, but your crown disdain.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
prized prizing price praise prise 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
prise
     v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
          open; "the burglar jimmied the lock", "raccoons managed
          to pry the lid off the garbage pail" syn: pry, prize,
           lever, jimmy
     2: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "they pried the
        information out of him" syn: pry
     3: regard highly; think much of; "i respect his judgement"; "we
        prize his creativity" syn: respect, esteem, value,
        prize ant: disrespect, disrespect
see also:
pry prize lever jimmy respect esteem 
value disrespect 

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