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† aˈpprest Obs.
[a. Fr. appreste (mod. apprêt), OFr. apreste, f. aprester to make ready, f. à to + prest (mod. prêt):—L. præstus ready.]
1. Preparation, provision.
1539State Papers Hen. VIII, I. 594 There is no apprest of any ships in Spayne. 1570Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) I. 408 The Christian princes..made their apprests for a new expedition.
2. Pecuniary provision; loan. (Cf. F. prester, prêter.)
1443Henry IV in Ellis Orig. Lett. iii. 34 I. 80 Easing vs by wey of apprest of the summe of c. marks. |