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prises

prises is the plural of prise.

Meaning of prise

Noun

prise (plural prises)

  1. (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
    • In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXIX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC

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Phrases with prises

Questions about prises

What is prises the plural of?
Prises is the plural of prise.

Words near prises in the dictionary

  1. prisebar
  2. prisebars
  3. prised
  4. priser
  5. prisers
  6. prises
  7. prises de fer
  8. Prishtina
  9. prisiadka
  10. prisiadkas
  11. prising

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