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Pryest vs Prest - What's the difference?

pryest | prest |

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between pryest and prest

is that pryest is (archaic) (pry) while prest is (archaic) (press).

As verbs the difference between pryest and prest

is that pryest is (archaic) (pry) while prest is (archaic) (press) or prest can be (obsolete|transitive) to give as a loan; to lend.

As a noun prest is

(rare) a payment of wages in advance.

As an adjective prest is

(obsolete) ready; prompt; prepared.

pryest

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (pry)

    • pry

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pryen, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
  • To look closely and curiously at.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, / To pry into the secrets of the state.

    Noun

  • The act of prying
  • An excessively inquisitive person

    • Etymology 2

    1800, ("lever"), construed as a plural noun or as a 3rd person singular verb.

    Noun

    (pries)
  • A lever.
  • Leverage.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)

    • prest

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (press)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , author = , title = , year = 1850 , page = 80 , passage = And when loftier mansions prest /Lure of pleasure on their guest, }}

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) prest

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A payment of wages in advance
  • A loan or advance (of money)
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
  • A tax or duty
  • (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
  • (legal) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
    • (Cowell)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give as a loan; to lend.
  • * E. Hall
    • Sums of money prested out in loan.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
  • * R. of Gloucester
    • All prest to such battle he was.
  • (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
    • (Tusser)

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