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Definition of Prise
1. Verb. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Entails: Loose, Loosen
Generic synonyms: Open, Open Up
Derivative terms: Jimmy, Lever, Lever, Leverage, Pry
2. Verb. Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry. "They pried the information out of him"
3. Verb. Regard highly; think much of. "Sam cannot prise Sue "; "We prize his creativity"
Generic synonyms: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Specialized synonyms: Think The World Of, Fear, Revere, Reverence, Venerate, Admire, Look Up To
Antonyms: Disesteem, Disrespect
Derivative terms: Esteem, Esteem, Esteem, Respect, Respect, Respect, Respecter, Valuable, Value
Definition of Prise
1. n. An enterprise.
2. n. & v. See Prize,
Definition of Prise
1. Noun. (obsolete) An enterprise. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Variant of prize. ¹
3. Verb. To force (open) with a lever; to pry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prise
1. to raise or force with a lever [v PRISED, PRISING, PRISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prise
Literary usage of Prise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... ways with respect to the fencing and that the town will be oblidged to build
and keep up and that they are to allow them the usuall prise of stone wall, ..."
2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"prise courts, decisions of, 26 ; sentence of, conclusive, 218 ; prize to be
adjudicated by courts of captor's country, sitting in his own country or in that ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1825)
"methods prise, that whenever an information was given to ing^&i- a Roman magistrate,
of any person within his ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"prise requisite to conduct the business with success. When one joint partner in
trade or in agriculture dies, his interest or share in the concern does not ..."
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