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5 lettersPronunciation /pɹaɪz/Part of speech verbSorted eiprsStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. regard highly; think much of

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.
  • Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart!
  • Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products.

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