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prise

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

prisen. 
     An enterprise.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
prisen. & v. 
     See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prise, v. & n. (also prize)
--v.tr. force open or out by leverage (prised up the lid; prised the box open).
--n. leverage, purchase.

Etymology
ME & OF prise levering instrument (as PRIZE(1))

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