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PRISE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regard highly; think much of

Example:

We prize his creativity

Synonyms:

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prise"):

think the world of (esteem very highly)

fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)

admire; look up to (feel admiration for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The chefs prise the vegetables

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Synonyms:

jimmy; lever; prise; prize; pry

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

"Prise" entails doing...:

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

Example:

They pried the information out of him

Synonyms:

prise; pry

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

extort; wring from (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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