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prest
1[ prest ]
prest
2[ prest ]
noun
, Obsolete.
- a loan.
- an advance payment on wages.
prest
1/ prɛst /
noun
- obsolete.a loan of money
prest
2/ prɛst /
adjective
- obsolete.prepared for action or use; ready
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prest1
C16: originally, loan money offered as an inducement to recruits, from Old French: advance pay in the army, from prester to lend, from Latin praestāre to provide, from prae before + stāre to stand
Origin of prest2
C13: via Old French from Late Latin praestus ready to hand; see presto
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Example Sentences
Buck plays Mrs. Prest, a character she describes as “an entrepreneurial socialite.”
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I put my right hand round his neck, and prest him to my heart.
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The enemy, now in confusion, thought they were attacked in the rear, while the Swedish brigades prest them in front.
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The left wing quickly formed again and vigorously prest the right of the Imperialists.
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Thousands fled to distant lands, a thousand victims fell on the bloody field, and fresh thousands prest on.
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Hann sagi til hit sanna, ok ba sœkja prest ok kvaz vildu finna hann.
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