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prize
I. \ˈprīz\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pris prize, price — more at price
1. : something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance: as
a. : an honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest : something offered to be competed for or as an inducement to or a reward of effort
< a school prize >
< the prizes given at an agricultural show >
b. : something that may be won by chance (as in a lottery); also : a novelty or other premium given with merchandise as an inducement to buy
2.
a. : something worth striving for : a valuable possession held or in prospect : advantage, privilege
< methinks, 'tis prize enough to be his son — Shakespeare >
b. : something exceptionally good or desirable of its kind : gem
< this puppy is the prize of the litter >
< described her as a prize of a wife >
3. archaic : a contest for a reward : competition
II. adjective
1.
a. : having been awarded or being worthy of a prize
< a prize essay >
< a display of prize pumpkins >
b. : awarded or intended to be awarded as a prize
< a prize medal >
c. : held or entered for the sake of an offered prize
< a prize competition >
< a prize drawing >
2. : of great value
< the prize argument >
: outstanding of its kind
< a prize idiot >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English prisen, from Middle French preiser, prisier, from Old French, from Late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium price, money, value — more at price
1. : to set or estimate the relative or formerly the money value of : appraise, price, rate
< prize his life highly >
2. : to regard as of exceptional or great worth or excellence : esteem highly : hold as highly desirable or very precious
< if only rare, how this butterfly would be prized — Richard Jefferies >
< prize the blessings of life around as — George Borrow >
Synonyms: see appreciate
IV. noun
(-s)
obsolete : estimate, valuation
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English prise, pris, from Old French prise act of taking, seizure, from pris, past participle of prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize, grasp — more at prehensile
1.
a.
(1) : something taken (as in war) by force, stratagem, or superior power : a captured thing or person : booty, prey; especially : property (as a ship) lawfully captured in time of war
(2) : property seized under revenue, excise, or other laws to be taken to a court of prize jurisdiction to be forfeited
b. : an act of capturing or taking: as
(1) : the capture of something by a belligerent exercising the rights of war; especially : the capture of a ship and its cargo at sea
(2) : the taking from a merchant under old English law of a quantity of commodities varying from time to time for the use of the sovereign; also : the right to make such a seizure — compare prisage
2. or prise \“\
a. : a metal bar for moving heavy objects : lever, pry
b. : purchase, leverage
c. : a lever-operated press for tobacco
3. or prise : a signal blown on the horn to announce the killing or capture of game on a medieval hunt
VI. verb
also prise \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to press, force, or move with or as if with a lever
< trying to prize himself out of sleep — Rebecca Caudill >
especially : to move in a usually indicated direction by prying
< prized up the lid of the box >
< prizing the old shingles off the roof >
2. : to force or pack (tobacco leaves) into a cask usually by means of a prize
intransitive verb
: to exert leverage
< prizing up with all his strength >
VII. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make a prize of : seize as a prize
< the ship was prized for violating neutrality > |