pree

American  

[pree] / pri /

Or prie

noun

1. a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.

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verb (used with object)

preed, preeing

1. to try, test, or taste.

idioms

1. pree the mouth of, to kiss.

Etymology

Origin of pree

1690–1700; shortened form of preive, Middle English preve (noun), preven (v.) < Old French pr ( o ) eve, preuver; prove

Example Sentences

O, I wad like to ken—to the beggar-wife says I— Gin death’s as sh�re to men as killin’ is to kye, Why God has filled the yearth sae fu’ o’ tasty things to pree.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Faith and she's the teevil's nainsel—that is she—at the shutin'; for may I tine ma mull, and never pree sneeshin' mair, if she haena richt and left murdered fowre o' the creturs!"

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

We be soldiers three, Pardona moy je vous an pree, Lately come forth of the Low Country With never a penny of money.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Po kiom estas la kurso pri Angla mono? po kee-ohm eh-stahss la koor-so pree ahn-glah mo-no?

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by Mann, William W.

Ye can howk i' the kebbuck an' howk again As lang as there's kebbuck to pree.

From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by Rorie, David