prise
prize3
or prise
- pry2.
- leverage.
- a lever.
Origin of prize3
Examples from the Web for prise
Contemporary Examples
For Churchill, politics and literature were two sides of the same career,” Rose writes, “impossible to prise apart.
Historical Examples
Suppose your astonishment if a lady in an assembly were to offer you a prise?
Roundabout PapersWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
"It's one of those tins you prise up," said Marjorie jauntily.
A Patriotic SchoolgirlAngela Brazil
Your prise d'armes must hurt you, I think, if you were not victorious.
Page 8, changed "clumsey" to "clumsy" and "prise" to "prize."
How to Become an EngineerFrank W. Doughty
Come, she can hardly have 'lost' it, since I had to get a screwdriver to prise it out!
A Case in CameraOliver Onions
prise
prize
- to force open by levering
- to extract or obtain with difficultythey had to prise the news out of him
- rare, or dialect a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed
Word Origin
prize1
- a reward or honour for victory or for having won a contest, competition, etc
- (as modifier)prize jockey; prize essay
- something given to the winner of any game of chance, lottery, etc
- something striven for
- any valuable property captured in time of war, esp a vessel
Word Origin
prize2
- (tr) to esteem greatly; value highly
Word Origin
prize3
- a variant spelling of prise
Word Origin and History for prise
prize
n.1
"reward," prise (c.1300 in this sense), from Old French pris "price, value, worth; reward" (see price (n.)). As an adjective, "worthy of a prize," from 1803. The spelling with -z- is from late 16c. Prize-fighter is from 1703; prize-fight from 1730 (prize-fighter from 1785).
prize
n.2
"something taken by force," mid-13c., prise "a taking, holding," from Old French prise "a taking, seizing, holding," noun use of fem. past participle of prendre "to take, seize," from Latin prendere, contraction of prehendere "lay hold of, grasp, seize, catch" (see prehensile). Especially of ships captured at sea (1510s). The spelling with -z- is from late 16c.
prize
v.
"to estimate," 1580s, alteration of Middle English prisen "to prize, value" (late 14c.), from stem of Old French preisier "to praise" (see praise (v.)). Related: Prized; prizing.