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prest¹

  • /prɛst/

Rhymes with -ɛst

verb

  1. archaic, participle, past simple past and past participle of press And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest

prest²

  • /prɛst/

Rhymes with -ɛst

Where it comes from

From Middle English prest, from Old French prest, deverbal from prester.

noun prests

  1. rare A payment of wages in advance
  2. A loan or advance (of money) Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
  3. A tax or duty
  4. obsolete A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
  5. A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes[…]without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same.

prest³

  • /prɛst/

Rhymes with -ɛst

Where it comes from

From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.

verb prests · presting · prested

  1. obsolete, transitive To give as a loan; to lend. a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward

adjective more prest · most prest

  1. obsolete Ready; prompt; prepared.
  2. obsolete Neat; tidy; proper. False knave ready prest, All safe is the best
  3. obsolete Quick, brisk. The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.

Prest⁴

proper noun Prests

  1. A surname.

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@misc{prest_2026,
  title = {prest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}