Prized vs Prised - What's the difference?
prized | prised |
(prise)
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
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.prised
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*prise
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* (verb) prizeSee also
* priceVerb
(pris)- 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