prest

See also: Prest

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

Verb

prest

1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of press
   • 1850, Lydia Sigourney, Return to Native Land from Poems for the Sea, page 80:

     And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French prest.

Noun

prest (plural prests)

1. (rare) A payment of wages in advance
2. A loan or advance (of money)
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.

3. A tax or duty
4. (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
5. (law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.

Verb

prest (third-person singular simple present prests, present participle presting, simple past and past participle prested)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
   • (Can we date this quote by E. Hall and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Sums of money […] prested out in loan.

Adjective

prest (comparative more prest, superlative most prest)

1. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
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     All prest to such battle he was.

2. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.

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Anagrams

• Terps, TrEPS, perts, strep, terps

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative singular of prestur

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French prest.

Alternative forms

• preste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛːst/, /prɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛːst, -ɛst

Noun

prest (plural prests)

1. loan, borrowing
2. tax, fee, levy
3. advance payment

Descendants

• English: prest

References

• “prē̆st (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Etymology 2

From Old English prēost, from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

Alternative forms

• preest, preist, preost, preste, pruste, pruest, preoste, pryste, proste, proest, preyst, preeste, prist, priest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preːst/

Noun

prest (plural prestes)

2. A parish priest.
3. A Christian cleric or priest.
4. A non-Christian priest or religious head.

Derived terms

• parissh prest
• presthode
• prestly

Descendants

• English: priest
• Scots: preest, priest

References

• “prẹ̄st (n.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Etymology 3

From Old French prest, a form of prés, from Latin pressus.

Alternative forms

• prist, preist, preste, pyrst

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Adjective

prest

1. willing, enthusiastic
3. prompt, alert, attentive
4. ready, set up, useable
5. bold, daring
6. nearby, close

Derived terms

• prestly

Descendants

• English: prest

References

• “prest (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Adverb

prest

1. quickly, speedily, hastily
2. enthusiastically, readily
3. totally

References

• “prest (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

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Middle French

Noun

prest m (plural prests)

1. loan

Related terms

• prester (verb)

Descendants

• French: prêt

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prester, definite plural prestene)

1. a priest, minister (etc.)

Derived terms

Terms derived from prest

• feltprest
• jesuittprest
• prestebolig

• prestegjeld
• prestegård, prestegard
• presteskap

• prestinne
• sjømannsprest
• sogneprest

References

• “prest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prestar, definite plural prestane)

1. a priest, minister (etc.)

Derived terms

Terms derived from prest

• feltprest
• jesuittprest
• prestegard

• prestegjeld
• presteskap

• prestinne
• sjømannsprest

References

• “prest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

prest oblique singular, m (oblique plural prez or pretz, nominative singular prez or pretz, nominative plural prest)

1. loan
2. monetary gift

References

• prest on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Swedish

Noun

prest ?

1. Obsolete spelling of präst