Prize

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Estimation; valuation.

II. Prize ·noun A contest for a reward; competition.

III. Prize ·noun A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

IV. Prize ·noun That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

V. Prize ·noun Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

VI. Prize ·vt To move with a lever; to force up or open; to Pry.

VII. Prize ·vt To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to Esteem.

VIII. Prize ·noun That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

IX. Prize ·vt To set or estimate the value of; to Appraise; to Price; to Rate.

X. Prize ·noun Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; ·esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

XI. Prize ·noun An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

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