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prise

 
Verb prise has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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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