prise¹ or prize /prīz/

1. To force (esp up, out or open) with a lever
2. To draw (eg information) laboriously (out of someone)

(a tool giving) purchase or leverage

prize¹ (Spenser, Shakespeare prise) /prīz/

1. A reward or symbol of success offered or won in competition by contest or chance, or granted in recognition of excellence
2. Anything well worth striving for
3. A highly valued acquisition
4. Privilege or advantage (Shakespeare)
5. Esteem (Spenser)
6. Valuation, appraisal (Shakespeare)

1. Awarded, worthy of, or constituting a prize
2. Treasured
3. (ironically) perfect, great (as in a prize fool)

1. To value
2. To value highly
3. To set a price on (obsolete)
4. (Spenser pryse) to pay for

priˈzable adjective

Valuable

prized adjective

1. Valued highly
2. Treasured

priˈzer noun (rare)

An appraiser

prize list noun

A list of winners

prizeˈman or prizeˈwoman noun

A winner of a prize, esp an academic prize

prizeˈ-winner noun

prizeˈ-winning adjective

prize² (Spenser, Shakespeare prise) /prīz/

1. That which is taken by force, or in war, esp a ship
2. Seizure (obsolete)

To make a prize of

prize court noun

A court for judging regarding prizes made on the high seas

prize crew noun

A crew put aboard a prize to bring her to port

prize money noun

Share of the money or proceeds from any prizes taken from an enemy

prize⁴ (Spenser prise) /prīz/

1. An athletic contest (obsolete)
2. A match (old)

priˈzer noun

A contestant in a prize or match

prizeˈfight noun

A public boxing match fought for money, esp in the 18c and 19c

prizeˈfighter noun

1. Orig someone who fights in a prize
2. A professional boxer

prizeˈfighting noun

prize ring noun

1. A ring for prizefighting
2. The practice itself

play one's (or a) prize

1. To engage in a match
2. To sustain one's part

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