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Prest means (archaic) simple past and past participle of press.
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/prɛst/ · verb
(archaic) simple past and past participle of press.
And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes[…]without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same.
a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward
False knave ready prest, All safe is the best
The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.
Use prest when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prest means (archaic) simple past and past participle of press.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
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