Meaning of "prise" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRISE

From Old French prise a taking, from prendre to take, from Latin prehendere.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PRISE

prise  [praɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRISE

Prise is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb prise in English.

WHAT DOES PRISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Purveyance

Purveyance is the right of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use, and was developed in England over the course of the late eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. In theory, the king's prerogative allowed him to collect goods needed for both household and military use, but the latter was discontinued in 1362. The primary problem with the system was that it was open to abuse from corrupt officials, who would often requisition goods and sell them for profit or use extortion and other means to obtain items or money that was not passed on or divulged to the king. Accordingly, English kings established numerous, though somewhat ineffectual, statutes in an attempt to limit the corruption. When Edward I and the English Army invaded Scotland, with little agricultural productivity, they used purveyances. The English court had, of old, a right of customary purchase of food for the poor. The right was called prise. Edward took this and grossly expanded it to make the institution called purveyance. The sheriffs would buy food at a set price in the shires and the sellers had to sell at the government price.

Definition of prise in the English dictionary

The first definition of prise in the dictionary is to force open by levering. Other definition of prise is to extract or obtain with difficulty. Prise is also (rare (or dialect) a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRISE

PRESENT

Present

I prise

you prise

he/she/it prises

we prise

you prise

they prise

Present continuous

I am prising

you are prising

he/she/it is prising

we are prising

you are prising

they are prising

Present perfect

I have prised

you have prised

he/she/it has prised

we have prised

you have prised

they have prised

Present perfect continuous

I have been prising

you have been prising

he/she/it has been prising

we have been prising

you have been prising

they have been prising

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I prised

you prised

he/she/it prised

we prised

you prised

they prised

Past continuous

I was prising

you were prising

he/she/it was prising

we were prising

you were prising

they were prising

Past perfect

I had prised

you had prised

he/she/it had prised

we had prised

you had prised

they had prised

Past perfect continuous

I had been prising

you had been prising

he/she/it had been prising

we had been prising

you had been prising

they had been prising

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will prise

you will prise

he/she/it will prise

we will prise

you will prise

they will prise

Future continuous

I will be prising

you will be prising

he/she/it will be prising

we will be prising

you will be prising

they will be prising

Future perfect

I will have prised

you will have prised

he/she/it will have prised

we will have prised

you will have prised

they will have prised

Future perfect continuous

I will have been prising

you will have been prising

he/she/it will have been prising

we will have been prising

you will have been prising

they will have been prising

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would prise

you would prise

he/she/it would prise

we would prise

you would prise

they would prise

Conditional continuous

I would be prising

you would be prising

he/she/it would be prising

we would be prising

you would be prising

they would be prising

Conditional perfect

I would have prise

you would have prise

he/she/it would have prise

we would have prise

you would have prise

they would have prise

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been prising

you would have been prising

he/she/it would have been prising

we would have been prising

you would have been prising

they would have been prising

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you prise
we let´s prise
you prise

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to prise

Past participle

prised

Present Participle

prising

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PRISE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prise» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of prise

drag · draw · extort · force · lever · pull · wring

TRANSLATION OF PRISE

Find out the translation of prise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of prise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prise» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 奖品
• Translator English - Spanish: premio
• English: prise
• Translator English - Hindi: पुरस्कार
• Translator English - Arabic: جائزة
• Translator English - Russian: приз
• Translator English - Portuguese: prêmio
• Translator English - Bengali: পুরস্কার
• Translator English - French: prix
• Translator English - Malay: Hadiah
• Translator English - German: Preis
• Translator English - Japanese: 賞
• Translator English - Korean: 상품
• Translator English - Javanese: Hadiah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giải thưởng
• Translator English - Tamil: பரிசு
• Translator English - Marathi: पारितोषिक
• Translator English - Turkish: ödül
• Translator English - Italian: premio
• Translator English - Polish: nagroda
• Translator English - Ukrainian: приз
• Translator English - Romanian: premiu
• Translator English - Greek: βραβείο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: prys
• Translator English - Swedish: priset
• Translator English - Norwegian: premie

2 QUOTES WITH «PRISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prise.

1

Margaret Halsey

I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise it up long enough to get a plate under it.

2

Howard Staunton

When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISE»

Discover the use of prise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

La prise d'Alixandre:

Guillaume de Machaut, a man famous for both his poetry and his musical compositions, wrote his Prise d'Alexandrie (or Capture of Alexandria) just a few years after the death of his hero, King Peter I of Cyprus (1359-69).

Guillaume (de Machaut), Janet Shirley, Peter W. Edbury, 2001

La Prise D'Alixandre: The Taking of Alexandria

Nine extant manuscripts preserve Machaut's oeuvre in its most complete form ( with some variation), and five of these offer versions of the Prise d'Alixandre (I follow Dzelzainis I 985 in so titling the poem rather than Prise d'Alixandrie with Mas ...

Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature R Barton Palmer, Prof., R. Barton Palmer, 2013

The Jérusalem Continuations: La Chrétienté Corbaran. pt. 2. ...

Prise d'Oliferne on p. 439. 36. "Poèmes," 432. The wording of the explicit in BN 12569 provides a precedent for the title Prise d'Acre; see above note 2. 37. But cf. "[BN 12569] nous a conservé cinq (my emphasis) de ces branches, tandis que le  ...

Peter R. Grillo, 1984

The Farmer's Magazine

Mr. Heath'a first prise Devon steer, Mr. John Simonds, Leadenhall Market; Mr. Neale's ascond prise, Edwin Eiphick, Camherwell-lane ; Major-General Hood's third prise, Mr. Longman, of King-street, Islington. Class 2.— Mr. Heath's first prise  ...

‎1863

British Farmer's Magazine

Mr. W. Trinder, of Wantage, Berks, Brit prise, £20, and silver medal to Mr. Roberts, who bred the animal. The Most Hon. the Marquess of Exeter, second prise, £15 Mr. John Stevens, of 19, Holywell-street, Oxford, third prize, £10. Class II.

‎1847

Report of the National Academy of Sciences

Barnett, Samuel J Comstock Prise Bridgman. Percy W Comstock Prise Brown, Donald David Molecular Biology. "Cooper, Leon N Comstock Prise Daviason, C. J Comstock Prise Dicke, Robert H Comstock Prise Douglas. Donald Wills, Sr..

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 1976

Analytical Dictionary of Retailing

PRÊCISIONS SÉMANTIQUES Le bureau de prise de commande n' est pas un point de vente au détail, mais un point de commande et souvent de livraison. Les clients ne prennent donc pas immédiatement possession de la marchandise ...

Jeanne Dancette, Christophe Réthoré, 2000

Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais

... admission/ HYDR EQUIP of steam prise de vapeur/ HYDROL marécage m, prise d'eau/ MECH orifice d'admission m, orifice d'aspiration m, MECH ENG admission / appel m, prise / aspiration/ entrée/ ear of fan, of centrifugal pump oeillard m, ...

Yves Arden, Neil Clements, 1994

Law Dictionary: Fachwoerterbuch der anglo-amerikanischen ...

Prise/ Beute/; Konfiskationsgut n ~ bounty Prisengeld ~ cause (case) Prisensache ~ code Prisenordnung ~ competition 1. Preisausschreiben; 2. Wettbewerbsausschreibung ~ i .Hin Prisengericht(-shof) ~ goods Prisengut, - güter ~ law Prisen-, ...

Dora von Beseler, Barbara Jacobs-Wüstefeld, 1986

French Dictionary of Information Technology: French/English, ...

... câble de terre; ~ calling prise par mise d'une terre sur un fil; ~ capacitance capacité par rapport à la masse; capacité réel-terre; — conductivity conductivité au sol; ~ conductor fil (de masse) d'accompagnement; ~ connection prise de masse; ...

Terry R. Pyper, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prise is used in the context of the following news items.

Fan frustration at long, slow summer

Talks to prise Matt Phillips away from QPR have not progressed for weeks while a move for Nottingham Forest's Michail Antonio was also ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»

We need a mayor for Sheffield Region

Any 'big debate' we have should be for a mayor for the Sheffield Region, strong enough to prise as much power and cash from London as ... «The Star, Jul 15»

Balotelli to cost just £7m

The president of Sampdoria, Massimo Ferrero, has revealed the cost that is needed to prise Mario Balotelli away from Anfield. The Italian club ... «The Bib Theorists, Jul 15»

Arsenal Transfer Rumour Wrap: 27th July 2015

The website believes that Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Liverpool are just three of the many top clubs hoping to prise him away from the Italian ... «TheSportsCampus.com, Jul 15»

Ten Indications Iran Wants Business Not Bombs

The farmer represents growing sentiment in Iran that opening the economy to world trade can help prise the country from the clergy's iron grip. «WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject, Jul 15»

Barcelona Accelerate Chase For Fluminense Starlet Gerson

The 18-year-old agreed to a five-year deal with the Catalan outfit, and the club now need to negotiate with Fluminense to prise him away to the ... «Inside Futbol, Jul 15»

Walcott seals Emirates Cup success for Arsenal

There was still time for Cech to underline why Wenger paid £11 million to prise him away from Chelsea as he blocked Ricardo Rodriguez's low ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

Arsenal relief as Besiktas get set to reveal £5.6m deal for Liverpool …

They were touted to be trailing Welbeck, with Turkish paper Aksam claiming an £8million bid would be enough to prise him away from the ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

BJP's top two plan TN recce next month

Shah, known to be the foot soldier who sets up the poll battle for his "sahib", has been known to redraw caste equations in states and prise ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

Chris Froome wins Tour de France for second time

The 2014 Giro d'Italia winner Quintana, whose swashbuckling attack on Sunday's stage 20 to Alpe d'Huez almost saw the 25-year-old prise the ... «Eurosport.co.uk, Jul 15»