prise /pɹaɪz/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To force (open) with a lever; to pry.I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — 1919 •To extract something that is difficult to obtain. noun1 •(no longer used) An enterprise or adventure.In which I may record the memory Of my loves conquest, peerlesse beauties prise — 1595 formsprised · prising · prises
