Prise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Prise is a verb meaning To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
Meaning
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
More Meanings
- To extract something that is difficult to obtain.
- Obsolete form of prize.
- (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
Example Sentences
prise information out of someone
Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart!
In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise
I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.
Word Forms
- prises
- prising
- prised
- prize
Synonyms for prise
Depending on context, synonyms include esteem, value, respect, prize, lever, jimmy.
Antonyms for prise
Common opposites include disesteem, disrespect.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prize, pry, esteem, value, respect, lever.
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