prise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

   I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.

2. 2
   verb

   To extract something that is difficult to obtain.

   prise information out of someone

3. 3
   noun

   An enterprise or adventure.

   In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise

4. 4
   verb

   regard highly

5. 5
   verb

   to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

6. 6
   verb

   make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

7. 7
   noun

   Obsolete form of prize.

Etymology

From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.