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prise
(prīz)v. & n.
Variant of prize3.
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prise
(praɪz) orprize
vb (tr)
1. to force open by levering
2. to extract or obtain with difficulty: they had to prise the news out of him.
n
US and Canadian equivalent: pry (Tools) rare or dialect a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed
[C17: from Old French prise a taking, from prendre to take, from Latin prehendere; see prize1]
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prize1
(praɪz)n.
1. a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition.
2. something won in a lottery or the like.
3. anything striven for, worth striving for, or much valued.
4. something seized or captured, esp. an enemy's ship and cargo captured at sea in wartime.
5. the act of taking or capturing, esp. a ship at sea.
6. Archaic. a contest or match.
adj. 7. having won a prize: a prize play.
8. worthy of a prize.
9. given or awarded as a prize.
[1250–1300; in part continuing Middle English prise something captured, a seizing < Middle French < Latin pre(hē)nsa, n. use of feminine past participle of pre(he)ndere to take]
prize2
(praɪz)v.t. prized, priz•ing.
1. to value or esteem highly.
2. to estimate the worth or value of.
[1325–75; Middle English prisen < Middle French prisier, variant of preisier to praise]
syn: See appreciate.
prize3
or prise
(praɪz)v. prized, priz•ing,
n. v.t.
1. pry 2.
n. 2. leverage.
[1350–1400; Middle English prise < Middle French: a hold, grasp < Latin pre(hē)nsa. See prize1]
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prise
Past participle: prised
Gerund: prising
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| Verb | 1. | prise - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" |
| 2. | prise - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" wring from, extort - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | |
| 3. | prise - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" think the world of - esteem very highly; "She thinks the world of her adviser" reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" admire, look up to - feel admiration for |
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prise
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Spanish / Español
prise
[praɪz] VT to prise sth off → levantar algo haciendo palancato prise sth open → abrir algo haciendo palanca
we had to prise the secret out of him → tuvimos que sacarle el secreto a la fuerza
to prise sb out of his post → lograr que algn renuncie a su puesto, desahuciar a algn
to prise a lid up → levantar una tapa haciendo palanca
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
prise
(especially American) prize (praiz) verb to use force to dislodge (something) from its position usually through leverage. He prised open the lid with a knife. abrir/levantar con palanca, forzar
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