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prise

  [prahyz] verb (used with object), prised, pris⋅ing, noun
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prize 3 .

prize

3  [prahyz] verb, prized, priz⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. pry 2 .
–noun
2. leverage.
3. a lever.
Also, prise.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME prise < MF: a hold, grasp < L pre(hē)nsa. See prize 1
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prise   (prīz)   
v.   & n.
Variant of prize3.
prize 3 also prise   (prīz)   
tr.v.   prized also prised, priz·ing also pris·ing, priz·es also pris·es
To move or force with or as if with a lever; pry.
n.  

  1. Leverage.

  2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Something used as a lever or for prying.


[From Middle English prise, instrument for prying, probably from prise, the taking of something; see prize2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

prize  (v.)
"to estimate," 1586, alteration of M.E. prisen "to prize, value," from stem of O.Fr. preisier (see praise).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: prize
Function: noun
1 : property (as a ship) lawfully captured in time of war
2 : the wartime capture of a ship and its cargo at sea
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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