prest
1 Americanadjective
adjective
noun
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
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QVant le cheualier veit gallehault prest dacomplir son conuenant, il iura bien que oncques si loyal compaignon ne fut trouue.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
With that he raised his sword, And would have smote his breast; When, truer than his word, Good Eckart forward prest.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig
"Partakers of thy sad decline Thy hands their little force resign, Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary."
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
You me bid, O Princesse, too scarrifie a festered old soare, How that the Troians wear prest by Grecian armie.”
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew
“Rose bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst.”
From The Master's Violin by Reed, Myrtle
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