prise
noun
1. (obsolete) An enterprise.
2. Obsolete form of prize.
verb
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Similar word(s): jimmy, lever, prize, pry
Definition categories: contact, open
2. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
Similar word(s): pry
Definition categories: creation, extort
3. regard highly; think much of
Similar word(s): esteem, prize, respect, value
Definition categories: cognition, consider, reckon, regard, see, view
Sentences with prise as a verb:
- 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
- c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
- 2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News