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▪ I. prizable, prizeable, a.1 Now chiefly dial.|ˈpraɪzəb(ə)l|
Also 7 priseable.
[f. prize v.1 + -able.]
Capable of being, or worthy to be, prized; valuable.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 628, I..finde it [life] to be both priseable and commodious. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I.) 203 The very ravings of my fever are sometimes more prizeable than Philosophical Meditations. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies To Rdr. 2, I hope this our Principle is so much the more prizable, that it [etc.]. 1816Keatinge Trav. I. 108 Clothed with that delicate..short grass so prizable for the flock and the dairy. 1862Sir H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve i. i, A prizeable possession.
†b. Comparable in value (with). Obs. rare—1.
1644Quarles Barnabas & B. 99 Is a poor clod of earth (we call inheritance) prizeable with his greatness?
▪ II. ˈprizable, a.2 Chess.
[f. prize n.3 = F. prise capture + -able.]
That can be taken or made a prize; exposed to capture.
1808Stud. Chess II. 202 In case you touch a piece not prizable, you..must play your king if you can. |