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Prized vs Prised - What's the difference?

prized | prised |

As verbs the difference between prized and prised

is that prized is past tense of prize while prised is past tense of prise.

As an adjective prized

is highly valued, cherished.

prized

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Highly valued, cherished.
    • His prized possession was his child.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prize)

    • prised

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prise)

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    prise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (verb) prize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enterprise.
    • (Spenser)

    • See also

    * price

    Verb

    (pris)
  • To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
    • 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — , The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
    c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
    2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

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