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prise

Noun, Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

prise(v = verb.contact) jimmy, lever, prize, pry - 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"

is one way to open, open up

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

prise(v = verb.creation) pry - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

is one way to extort, wring from

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

prise(v = verb.cognition) esteem, prize, respect, value - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

is one way to consider, reckon, regard, see, view

Sample sentence:
The chefs prise the vegetables

prise, n.

An enterprise. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

prise, n. & v.

See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t. [1913 Webster]

prise, v. & n. (also prize)
--v.tr. force open or out by leverage (prised up the lid; prised the box open).
--n. leverage, purchase.

Etymology

ME & OF prise levering instrument (as PRIZE(1))

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