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; see prove

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pree preed preeing

Ye may live and no pree the tangs.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Here, good fellow, I drink to thee, Pardona moy je vous an pree, To all good fellows wherever they be, With never a penny of money.

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

Charge it again, boy, charge it again, Pardona moy je vous an pree, As long as there is any ink in thy pen, With never a penny of money.

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

Meess . . . er, er . . ." he said, addressing the Englishwoman, "Meess Fyce, je voo pree .

From Love by Constance Garnett

The seats must be paid for Oni devas pagi pri la sidlokoj oh-nee deh-vahss pahghee pree la seed-lo'koy The seats are free La sidlokoj estas senpagaj la seed-lo'koy eh-stahss sehnpah'gahy Is there a collection?

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

T'ey are an ignorant, ant selfish, ant prutal preed; ant I may haf triet 'em too sorely.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

"Dese vitches are nod of dis eart',     Und yed are on id, I see, Der Shakesbeare knew de preed right vell,"     Said Breitemann, said he.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland

In particular, amongst this latter kind of worshipful society, there was no man who had any talents—real or fancied—for thumping or being thumped, but had experienced some preeing of his merits from Mr. Wilson.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg

After looking at the sheep, tasting old Janet's best kebbuck, and oatmeal cakes, and preeing the whisky bottle, the young farmer again set out through the deep snow, on his way home.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg

Captain Body was back in the Den by and by, but he had no thought of preeing lasses' mouths now.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie