Past tense of prise
regular verb
The past tense of prise is prised. The past participle is also prised.
Forms of prise
| Base form (V1) | prise /pɹaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | prised /pɹaɪzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | prised /pɹaɪzd/ |
| Present participle | prising /ˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | prises |
Prised in a sentence
- Claire prised the baby from her breast so Neil could kiss the bumfluffed head, smiling her queenly, disappointed smile.2015, A. D. Miller, The Faithful Couple, →ISBN. From the entry bumfluffed
- He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons.1977, Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command. From the entry skep
Meaning of prise
- verb To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
- verb To extract something that is difficult to obtain.
- noun An enterprise or adventure.
Questions about the past tense of prise
- What is the past tense of prise?
- The past tense of prise is prised.
- What is the past participle of prise?
- The past participle of prise is prised.
- Is prise a regular or irregular verb?
- Prise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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