prest

¹ American  

[prest] / prɛst /

adjective

Obsolete.

1. ready.

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prest ² American  

[prest] / prɛst /

noun

Obsolete.

1. a loan.

2. an advance payment on wages.

3. prest money.

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prest ¹ British  

/ prɛst /

adjective

1. obsolete prepared for action or use; ready

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prest ² British  

/ prɛst /

noun

1. obsolete a loan of money

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Etymology

Origin of prest¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin praestus ready. See presto

Origin of prest²

1400–50; late Middle English prest ( e ) < Middle French prest, Old French, noun derivative of prester to lend < Latin praestāre to perform, vouch for, excel ( Medieval Latin: to lend), literally, to stand in front. See pre-, stand

Example Sentences

En �� er prestr fann Gretti, spur�i hann inniliga eptir atbur�um; en hann sag�i alla sǫgu um fer� s�na, ok kva� prest �tr�liga hafa haldit festinni.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

Hann sag�i �� til hit sanna, ok ba� sœkja prest ok kvaz vildu finna hann.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

See, close beside, in yellow drest, Is the prince consort of the hour; A bit of God's own sunshine prest Into a glorious golden flower!

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean

And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

And then would it truly declare How happy was yesterday, When my lady was there: When she pluck'd its flowers, and gently prest Her lovely feet on its verdant breast.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann