| Pronunciation: | | prIz
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| Matching Terms: | | pris, prisage, priscilla, priscillianist, priser, prism, prism glass, prism spectroscope, prismatic, prismatically, prismatoid, prismatoidal, prismoid, prismoidal, prismy, prison, prison camp, prison cell, prison chaplain, prison farm, prison guard, prison house, prison term, prison,jail, prisonbreak, prison-breaking, prisoner, prisoner of bill, prisoner of war, prisoner of war camp, prisoner of war censorship, prisoner's base, prisonlike, prisonment, prissily, prissy, pristidae, pristinate, pristine, pristis, pristis pectinatus
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- [v] regard highly; think much of
- [v] to move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
- [v] make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
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| | Synonyms: | | esteem, jimmy, lever, prize, prize, pry, pry, respect, value |
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| | Antonyms: | | disesteem, disrespect |
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| | See Also: | | admire, consider, extort, fear, look up to, loose, loosen, open, open up, reckon, regard, revere, reverence, see, think the world of, venerate, view, wring from |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Prise\, n.
An enterprise. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Prise\, n. & v.
See {Prize}, n., 5. Also {Prize}, v. t.
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