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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"
--1 is one way to open, open up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- pry, prise - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
--2 is one way to extort, wring from
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- respect, esteem, value, prize, prise - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
--3 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sample sentence:
The chefs prise the vegetables
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