prise

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See also: Prise, prisé, and prìse

English[edit]

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From Old French prise.

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prise (third-person singular simple present prises, present participle prising, simple past and past participle prised)

  1. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
    • 1919, Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper:
      I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked.
    • c. 1925, Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata:
      Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart!
    • 2004, BBC News[1]:
      Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products.
  2. Extract something that is difficult to obtain.
    prise information out of someone

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Noun[edit]

prise (plural prises)

  1. (obsolete) An enterprise or adventure.
  2. Obsolete form of prize.

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prise c (singular definite prisen, plural indefinite priser)

  1. (nautical) prize (anything captured using the rights of war)

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prise (imperative pris, infinitive at prise, present tense priser, past tense priste, perfect tense har prist)

  1. to praise

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Etymology[edit]

From French prise.

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prise f (plural prises or prisen, diminutive prieske n)

  1. (Belgium) electrical outlet, wall socket

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French prise.

Noun[edit]

prise f (plural prises)

  1. (electrical) socket, wall socket (also prise électrique)
  2. (martial arts) hold
  3. (climbing) hold (of a climbing wall)
  4. grip
  5. (baseball) a strike
  6. a taking or capture
    la prise de la Bastille
  7. (film) a take
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Descendants[edit]
  • Dutch: prise
  • Greek: πρίζα (príza)
  • Persian: پریز
  • Romanian: priză
  • Turkish: priz

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Participle[edit]

prise f sg

  1. feminine singular of pris

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Verb[edit]

prise

  1. inflection of priser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From pris.

Verb[edit]

prise (imperative pris, present tense priser, passive prises, simple past and past participle prisa or priset)

  1. to price (something)
    prise seg ut av markedet - price oneself out of the market
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse prísa, from Middle Low German prisen, from Old French priser.

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prise (imperative pris, present tense priser, passive prises, simple past priste, past participle prist, present participle prisende)

  1. to extol, praise, commend, laud, glorify

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Etymology[edit]

From the past participle of prendre.

Noun[edit]

prise oblique singularf (oblique plural prises, nominative singular prise, nominative plural prises)

  1. seizure; taking; capture

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