Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
An enterprise or adventure. · Obsolete form of prize.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo force (open) with a lever; to pry. · To extract something that is difficult to obtain.
From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.
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