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For Churchill, politics and literature were two sides of the same career,” Rose writes, “impossible to prise apart.
Churchill Would Be Famous Today on the Strength of His Writing Alone|Anthony Paletta|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thy uncle with Sarah and Prise dined at Hampstead yesterday; the dear circle there as well as one could expect.
Edward Hoare, M.A.|Edward Hoare
The prinsipal differense between a luxury and a necesaary iz, the prise.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
If yu owe the Devil ennything pay him off at onse, and then discharge him, and dont hire him over agin at enny prise.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw

And the French soldiers tumbled headlong down from the poop with a wail of "Les Anglais font prise!"
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
Highly as he was supported, the wrath of the clergy prevailed; and a writ of prise de corps was issued for his apprehension.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2)|John Hill Burton

British Dictionary definitions for prise

prise

prize

/ (praɪz) /

verb (tr)

to force open by levering

to extract or obtain with difficultythey had to prise the news out of him

noun

rare, or dialect a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed

US and Canadian equivalent: pry

Word Origin for prise

C17: from Old French prise a taking, from prendre to take, from Latin prehendere; see prize 1

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