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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prise \Prise\, n. An enterprise. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prise \Prise\, n. & v. See {Prize}, n., 5. Also {Prize}, v. t. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prize \Prize\, v. t. To move with a lever; to force up or open to pry. [Written also {prise}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. ] 1. To set or estimate the value of to appraise; to price; to rate. A goodly price that I was prized at --Zech. xi 13. I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor. --Shak. 2. To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem. ``[I] do love, prize, honor you '' --Shak. I prized your person, but your crown disdain. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prize \Prize\, 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}.] 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation. --Chaucer. His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won. --Spenser. 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. I'll never wrestle for prize more --Shak. I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize. --Dryden. c That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3. Anything worth striving for a valuable possession held or in prospect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii. 14. 4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. A lever; a pry; also the hold of a lever. [Written also {prise}.] {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prise v 1: to move or force, esp. 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 [syn: {respect}, {esteem}, {value}, {prize}] [ant: {disrespect}, {disrespect}]
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