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Prying
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verb (used without object)
1.
to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
2.
to look closely or curiously; peer; peep.
noun
3.
an impertinently inquisitive person.
4.
an act of prying.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English pryen, prien < ?
1275–1325; Middle English pryen, prien < ?
verb (used with object)
1.
to move, raise, or open by leverage.
2.
to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty: to pry a secret out of someone; We finally pried them away from the TV.
noun
3.
a tool, as a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage.
4.
the leverage exerted.
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Word Origin & History
pry
"raise by force," 1823 (originally also a noun, "an instrument for prying, a crowbar"), alteration of prize (as though it were a plural) in obsolete sense of "lever" (c.1300), from O.Fr. prise "a taking hold, grasp" (see prize (n.2)).
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