Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
2. (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
3. An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
4. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
5. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
6. A contest for a reward; competition.
7. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. Also spelled prise.

Verb

1. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
2. (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
3. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
4. (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.