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prise or (US) prize verb (prised, prising) 1 to lever something open, off, out, etc, usually with some difficulty • prised open the lidprised the shell off the rock. 2 to get with difficulty • prised the truth out of her. See also pry2.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: French, meaning 'something captured', from Latin prehendere to seize.