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

I am ashamed of you Mi hontas pri vi mee hohn'tahss pree vee For shame!

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

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 Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

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

From Love by Garnett, Constance

"T' goop ha' got un," cried old Robin, indignant at this outrage by a stranger to his caves, "God niver mahd mon to pree intil 's ain warks."

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

"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

"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 Leland, Charles Godfrey

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 Cooper, James Fenimore

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 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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 Hogg, James

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 Hogg, James