† preen.¹

Forms: 1600s pre (Scottish), 1600s pree.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pré; French prée.

Etymology: Either < French pré (c1100 in Old French as pret ; < classical Latin prātum meadow: see pratal adj.) or < French prée, feminine (c1100 in Old French, now regional (western); < classical Latin prāta , plural of prātum ). Compare prairie n.The French word also occurs as a place name in England; e.g.:1598 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Hartfordshire 4 The Fayres for the most part in this Shire... 1 At the Pree, called Sancta Maria de pratis.1724 Magna Britannia III. 345/2 Robert de Neirford, with Alice his Wife.., founded the Abbey of Pree, between North-Creike and Burnham [in Norfolk].

Obsolete. rare.

A meadow or similar area of open ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land > meadow

meadOE

meadowOE

meadlOE

plainc1330

praiere?c1335

meadow?a1400

sike1479

preea1625

sitch1842

smooth1845

a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 24 In a Writ the generall shall be put..before the speciall: as land before pree, pasture, wood, iuncary, marish, &c.

1654 in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1957) 31 107 [A drawing of the fortifications of Saumur] as they appear from the pre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

preev.

Brit.

/priː/, U.S.

/pri/, Scottish English

/pri/, Irish English

/priː/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle preed, pree'd;

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 preit (past tense), pre-1700 1700s–1800s prie, 1700s pr'd (past tense), 1700s–1800s pri'd (past tense), 1700s– pree, 1800s pree'ed (past participle), 1800s pried (past tense), 1800s prie't (past participle), 1900s– pri'ed (past participle); English regional (northern) 1800s prie, 1800s– pree; Irish English (northern) 1800s– pree.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: prove v.

Etymology: Variant of prove v. (see β forms at that entry), with loss of intervocalic -v- (compare gie , variant of give v., hae , variant of have v., etc.).

Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern).

†1. transitive. To prove, establish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)]

i-sothea925

soothec950

fanda1000

kitheOE

betell1048

showc1175

prove?c1225

treousec1275

stablisha1325

approve1340

verifyc1386

justifya1393

tryc1412

answer?a1425

appreve?c1450

to make gooda1470

convictc1475

averifyc1503

arguea1513

find1512

pree1515

comprobate1531

demonstrate1538

conclude1549

convince1555

argument1558

evict1571

avoucha1593

evidencea1601

remonstrate1601

clear1605

attaint1609

monstrate1609

evince1610

evince1611

improve1613

remonstrance1621

to make out1653

ascertain1670

to bring off1674

to make (something) to through1675

render1678

substantiatea1691

establisha1704

to bring out1727

realize1763

validate1775

1515 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 44^v The quhilk the forsaid officer preit with ii witnes.

a. transitive. To sample by tasting; to taste, partake of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)]

fandc893

cunc1175

smatch?c1225

swallowa1340

tastea1400

savour?a1425

strain1533

relish1592

pree1680

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)]

brookc950

abiteOE

haveOE

afangOE

takec1175

notea1200

usec1300

spendc1380

consumec1400

partake1602

pree1680

discuss1751

tuck1784

to put down1795

to be (also go) at the ——1796

go1830

kill1833

to put away1839

down1852

to put over1880

to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880

shift1896

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > test by tasting

assay1377

tastea1400

to taste ofa1400

saya1450

cun1493

essay1598

palate1609

pree1680

flavour1823

taste-test1979

1680 F. Sempill in Poems of Sempills of Beltrees (1849) 54 He will'd me Blackburn's ale to prie.

?a1700 in R. Bell Anc. Poems, Ballads & Songs (1857) 83 He [sc. a horse] shakes his head above the trough, But dares not prie the corn.

1723 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 168 A Mill of good Snishing to prie.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 75 Peg Pharis had, to quench her drouth But pried it.

1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 143 To gang an' pree anudder bicker.

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 6 O here's ae drap o' the damask wine; Sweet maiden, will ye pree?

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 218/2 I can pree no meat.

1913 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. VI. iv. 180 Even those who had remained sober through the carousals of the night were apt to lose their balance after preeing this heady broust.

1985 J. K. Annand in Eng. World-wide (1988) 9 114/1 And cannielie, to mak it siccar, He prees a drappie o the liquor.

1999 J. Robertson Day O Judgement 23 There nae fruit nou in Paradise That isna yours tae tak an pree.

b. transitive. to pree a person's mouth (also lips, etc.): to kiss a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)]

kissc900

reachOE

bassc1500

to lay on the lips1530

bussa1566

swap1577

smouch1588

lip1605

bause1607

suaviate1650

to pree a person's mouth1724

accolade1843

to give (someone) onec1882

to give (a person) some sugar1921

steups1967

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 15 He took aff his bonnet and spat in his Chew, He dighted his Gab, and he pri'd her Mou'.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 103 Nae henny beik, that ever I did pree, Did taste so sweet.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 156 Rob, stownlins, prie'd [MS prie't] her bonie mou.

1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 267 I preed her lip, I prest her waist, I claspt her fondly to my brest.

1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy xix. 215 He had no thought o' preeing lasses' mouths now.

1922 Weekly Free Press 21 Jan. 7 Nae word she spak, but held her mou' That I micht pree her lips.

1979 I. Bowman in Chapman No. 23–4 (1985) 40 O mony hae pri'ed a kiss o ma mou.

c. transitive. gen. To sample; to experience. Also: to try out, test.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience

feelOE

seeOE

passa1325

provec1330

attastec1374

wielda1375

tastec1380

sufferc1390

to pass through ——c1400

expert?a1475

traverse1477

experiment1484

savour1509

to taste of1526

to go through ——1535

sustain1575

approve1578

try1578

experience1588

undergo1600

to run through ——1602

pree1806

1806 A. Douglas Poems 113 May they share o' ilka blessin', Sorrow never pree ava'.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 143 I am in..haste to prie your..good cheer.

1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 709/2 A custom..of preeing the nets—that is, lifting out a portion of a train and examining it.

1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 86 We'll pree the English the night.

1900 C. Murray Hamewith 83 We've pree'd the pangs o' hunger.

1959 People's Jrnl. 19 Dec. Tae think a fella craitur his tae pree the depths o' sorra tae the verra foun'.

1995 F. Garry Coll. Poems 18 Ye're a dumb brute, nae wirds hiv ye, Yet a' the joys by Man e'er pree'd Your tongue can tell.

Derivatives

ˈpreeing n.

ΚΠ

1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 104 Your jams and your jellies, your sugars and [printed aad] teas, If e'er I thought wordy the preeing, Compar'd wi' gude whisky and kebbocks o' cheese, May I sup porrage for lieing.

1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xvii The first taste and preeing of what war is.

1899 G. Greig Logie o' Buchan 184 Regretting that they hadn't likewise brought a ‘preein' o' her hame-brewn.’

2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 26 Feb. 16 Yinst mair, tha ‘grammar’ wus pit oot wi tha USLS in 1997, an kythes yeirs o haird preein an takkin tent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pree
释义	† preen.¹ Forms: 1600s pre (Scottish), 1600s pree. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pré; French prée. Etymology: Either < French pré (c1100 in Old French as pret ; < classical Latin prātum meadow: see pratal adj.) or < French prée, feminine (c1100 in Old French, now regional (western); < classical Latin prāta , plural of prātum ). Compare prairie n.The French word also occurs as a place name in England; e.g.:1598 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Hartfordshire 4 The Fayres for the most part in this Shire... 1 At the Pree, called Sancta Maria de pratis.1724 Magna Britannia III. 345/2 Robert de Neirford, with Alice his Wife.., founded the Abbey of Pree, between North-Creike and Burnham [in Norfolk]. Obsolete. rare. A meadow or similar area of open ground. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land > meadow meadOE meadowOE meadlOE plainc1330 praiere?c1335 meadow?a1400 sike1479 preea1625 sitch1842 smooth1845 a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 24 In a Writ the generall shall be put..before the speciall: as land before pree, pasture, wood, iuncary, marish, &c. 1654 in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1957) 31 107 [A drawing of the fortifications of Saumur] as they appear from the pre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). preen.² Brit. /priː/, U.S. /pri/, Scottish English /pri/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pree v. Etymology: < pree v. Scottish. A trial, a taste; a sample. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting say?c1425 assay1477 pree1823 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a taste smatchc1456 tasting1526 taste1530 sip1728 pree1823 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxiv. 209 The snuff that I hae here..tak a pree o't. 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 182 Sae after some drams I gat a pree, I bade gude day. 1879 J. White Jottings 169 Gie me a pree, but no my fill. 1985 J. K. Annand in Eng. World-wide (1988) 9 114/2 He'll tak a pree! His nib gaies jimp in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preev. Brit. /priː/, U.S. /pri/, Scottish English /pri/, Irish English /priː/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle preed, pree'd; Forms: Scottish pre-1700 preit (past tense), pre-1700 1700s–1800s prie, 1700s pr'd (past tense), 1700s–1800s pri'd (past tense), 1700s– pree, 1800s pree'ed (past participle), 1800s pried (past tense), 1800s prie't (past participle), 1900s– pri'ed (past participle); English regional (northern) 1800s prie, 1800s– pree; Irish English (northern) 1800s– pree. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: prove v. Etymology: Variant of prove v. (see β forms at that entry), with loss of intervocalic -v- (compare gie , variant of give v., hae , variant of have v., etc.). Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). †1. transitive. To prove, establish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 1515 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 44^v The quhilk the forsaid officer preit with ii witnes. 2. a. transitive. To sample by tasting; to taste, partake of. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] fandc893 cunc1175 smatch?c1225 swallowa1340 tastea1400 savour?a1425 strain1533 relish1592 pree1680 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] brookc950 abiteOE haveOE afangOE takec1175 notea1200 usec1300 spendc1380 consumec1400 partake1602 pree1680 discuss1751 tuck1784 to put down1795 to be (also go) at the ——1796 go1830 kill1833 to put away1839 down1852 to put over1880 to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880 shift1896 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > test by tasting assay1377 tastea1400 to taste ofa1400 saya1450 cun1493 essay1598 palate1609 pree1680 flavour1823 taste-test1979 1680 F. Sempill in Poems of Sempills of Beltrees (1849) 54 He will'd me Blackburn's ale to prie. ?a1700 in R. Bell Anc. Poems, Ballads & Songs (1857) 83 He [sc. a horse] shakes his head above the trough, But dares not prie the corn. 1723 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 168 A Mill of good Snishing to prie. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 75 Peg Pharis had, to quench her drouth But pried it. 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 143 To gang an' pree anudder bicker. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 6 O here's ae drap o' the damask wine; Sweet maiden, will ye pree? a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 218/2 I can pree no meat. 1913 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. VI. iv. 180 Even those who had remained sober through the carousals of the night were apt to lose their balance after preeing this heady broust. 1985 J. K. Annand in Eng. World-wide (1988) 9 114/1 And cannielie, to mak it siccar, He prees a drappie o the liquor. 1999 J. Robertson Day O Judgement 23 There nae fruit nou in Paradise That isna yours tae tak an pree. b. transitive. to pree a person's mouth (also lips, etc.): to kiss a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] kissc900 reachOE bassc1500 to lay on the lips1530 bussa1566 swap1577 smouch1588 lip1605 bause1607 suaviate1650 to pree a person's mouth1724 accolade1843 to give (someone) onec1882 to give (a person) some sugar1921 steups1967 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 15 He took aff his bonnet and spat in his Chew, He dighted his Gab, and he pri'd her Mou'. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 103 Nae henny beik, that ever I did pree, Did taste so sweet. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 156 Rob, stownlins, prie'd [MS prie't] her bonie mou. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 267 I preed her lip, I prest her waist, I claspt her fondly to my brest. 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy xix. 215 He had no thought o' preeing lasses' mouths now. 1922 Weekly Free Press 21 Jan. 7 Nae word she spak, but held her mou' That I micht pree her lips. 1979 I. Bowman in Chapman No. 23–4 (1985) 40 O mony hae pri'ed a kiss o ma mou. c. transitive. gen. To sample; to experience. Also: to try out, test. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience feelOE seeOE passa1325 provec1330 attastec1374 wielda1375 tastec1380 sufferc1390 to pass through ——c1400 expert?a1475 traverse1477 experiment1484 savour1509 to taste of1526 to go through ——1535 sustain1575 approve1578 try1578 experience1588 undergo1600 to run through ——1602 pree1806 1806 A. Douglas Poems 113 May they share o' ilka blessin', Sorrow never pree ava'. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. vii. 143 I am in..haste to prie your..good cheer. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 709/2 A custom..of preeing the nets—that is, lifting out a portion of a train and examining it. 1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 86 We'll pree the English the night. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 83 We've pree'd the pangs o' hunger. 1959 People's Jrnl. 19 Dec. Tae think a fella craitur his tae pree the depths o' sorra tae the verra foun'. 1995 F. Garry Coll. Poems 18 Ye're a dumb brute, nae wirds hiv ye, Yet a' the joys by Man e'er pree'd Your tongue can tell. Derivatives ˈpreeing n. ΚΠ 1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 104 Your jams and your jellies, your sugars and [printed aad] teas, If e'er I thought wordy the preeing, Compar'd wi' gude whisky and kebbocks o' cheese, May I sup porrage for lieing. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xvii The first taste and preeing of what war is. 1899 G. Greig Logie o' Buchan 184 Regretting that they hadn't likewise brought a ‘preein' o' her hame-brewn.’ 2001 Belfast News Let. 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† preen.1

preen.2

preev.

Derivatives

† preen.¹

preen.²