pryse

Verb

prize (third-person singular simple present prizes, present participle prizing, simple past and past participle prized)

1. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
   • […] I
     Beyond all limit of what else i’ the world
     Do love, prize, honour you.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

   Synonyms:

   honor, regard, respect, esteem, idolize, lay store by, look up to, hallow, put store by, put store in

2. (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
   • […] no life,
     I prize it not a straw, but for mine honour,c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

   Synonyms:

   esteem, evaluate, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, judge, price, rate, valuate

3. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
   • ‘Find some other black boxes to prize open.’2021, Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun, Faber & Faber Limited, page 298
4. (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.

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