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prise   (TTS Sound)

The verb prise has 3 senses

• pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy -- (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail")


• pry, prise -- (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him")


• respect, esteem, value, prize, prise -- (regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity")