prise
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prise
- /pɹaɪz/
Sounds like pries, prize · Rhymes with -aɪz
Where it comes from
From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.
verb prises · prising · prised · prize
- To force (open) with a lever; to pry. I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.
- To extract something that is difficult to obtain. prise information out of someone
noun prises · prize
- An enterprise or adventure. In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise
- Obsolete form of prize.prize
