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Synonyms
prize1 (prīz)

[Alteration of Middle English pris, value, price, reward; see price.]

noun 

  1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
  2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.

adjective 

  1. Offered or given as a prize: a prize cup.
  2. Given a prize, or likely to win a prize: a prize cow.
  3. Worthy of a prize; first-class: our prize azaleas.

transitive verb: prized, priz·ing, priz·es. 

  1. To value highly; esteem or treasure. See synonyms at appreciate
  2. To estimate the worth of; evaluate.
prize2 (prīz)

[Alteration of Middle English prise, from Old French from feminine past participle of prendre, from Latin prehendere, prēndere, to seize.]

noun 

  1. Something seized by force or taken as booty, especially an enemy ship and its cargo captured at sea during wartime.
  2. The act of seizing; capture.
prize3,
also prise (prīz)

[From Middle English prise, instrument for prying, probably from prise, the taking of something; see prize2.]

transitive verb: prized, also prised, priz·ing, pris·ing, priz·es, pris·es 

To move or force with or as if with a lever; pry.

noun 

  1. Leverage.
  2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Something used as a lever or for prying.