prise

[ prahyz ]

/ praɪz /

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verb (used with object), noun prised, pris·ing,

prize³.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH prise

prise , prize

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How to use prise in a sentence

The door was prised open by the editor of The American Prospect, Michael Tomasky, and we all spilled out, still furiously bonding.
D.C. Diary|Tina Brown|January 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Shouldn't be s'prised if the feller who introduced it and made a fight for it would stand mighty well, back home.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
Tell ye, 'f the Old Boy himself sh'd ride up alongside, shouldn't be a mite s'prised to see him.
Overland|John William De Forest
Then without much difficulty they prised up one of the thick planks with which the hut was roofed.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty

He said Cap'n Baxter had failed dreadful in the last week, and that he wouldn't be s'prised if he dropped off most any time.
Cap'n Eri|Joseph Crosby Lincoln
"At last," he was chuckling, as he rubbed his hands together, and gently prised open that curious box of his.
The Great Airship.|F. S. Brereton

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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