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prise

[ prahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, prised, pris·ing,


prise

/ praɪz /

verb

  1. to force open by levering
  2. to extract or obtain with difficulty

    they had to prise the news out of him

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noun

  1. rare.
    a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prise1

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

For Churchill, politics and literature were two sides of the same career,” Rose writes, “impossible to prise apart.

Thy uncle with Sarah and Prise dined at Hampstead yesterday; the dear circle there as well as one could expect.

The prinsipal differense between a luxury and a necesaary iz, the prise.

If yu owe the Devil ennything pay him off at onse, and then discharge him, and dont hire him over agin at enny prise.

And the French soldiers tumbled headlong down from the poop with a wail of "Les Anglais font prise!"

Highly as he was supported, the wrath of the clergy prevailed; and a writ of prise de corps was issued for his apprehension.

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