prize
Cross references:
1. appreciate 2. spoil
1. prize \'pri-z\ \-.win-*r\ \-.win-in\ n [ME pris prize, price - more at
PRICE] 1: something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of
chance ; also : a premium given with merchandise as inducement to buy 2:
something exceptionally desirable archaic 3: a contest for a reward :
COMPETITION - prize.win.ner n
2. prize aj 1a: awarded or worthy of a prize 1b: awarded as a prize 1c:
entered for the sake of a prize 2: OUTSTANDING
3. prize vt [ME prisen, fr. MF prisier, fr. LL pretiare, fr. L pretium]
price, value - more at PRICE 1: to estimate the value of : RATE 2: to
value highly : ESTEEM
4. prize n [ME prise, fr. OF, act of taking, fr. prendre to take, fr. L
pre]hendere - more at PREHENSILE 1: something taken by force, stratagem, or
threat; esp : property l awfully captured in time of war 2: an act of
capturing or taking; esp : the wartime capture of a sh ip and its cargo at
sea
5. prize or prise \'pri-z\ vt [prize (lever)] chiefly Brit : to press,
force, or move with a lever : PRY