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Prise

//pɹaɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An enterprise or adventure. obsolete

    "In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise"

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of prize. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

    "I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked."

  2. 2
    regard highly; think much of wordnet
  3. 3
    To extract something that is difficult to obtain.

    "prise information out of someone"

  4. 4
    to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open wordnet
  5. 5
    make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.

Etymology 2

From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.

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