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prized

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prize 1  (prz)
n.
1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
adj.
1. Offered or given as a prize: a prize cup.
2. Given a prize, or likely to win a prize: a prize cow.
3. Worthy of a prize; first-class: our prize azaleas.
tr.v. prized, priz·ing, priz·es
1. To value highly; esteem or treasure. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To estimate the worth of; evaluate.

[Alteration of Middle English pris, value, price, reward; see price.]

prize 2  (prz)
n.
1. Something seized by force or taken as booty, especially an enemy ship and its cargo captured at sea during wartime.
2. The act of seizing; capture.

[Alteration of Middle English prise, from Old French, from feminine past participle of prendre, from Latin prehendere, prndere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

prize 3 also prise  (prz)
tr.v. prized also prised, priz·ing also pris·ing, priz·es also pris·es
To move or force with or as if with a lever; pry.
n.
1. Leverage.
2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Something used as a lever or for prying.

[From Middle English prise, instrument for prying, probably from prise, the taking of something; see prize2.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
prized
adjective treasured, valued, precious, beloved, cherished, much loved his most prized possession
Translations
prized [ˈpraɪzd] adj [possession, asset] → précieux/euse
their most prized possession → leur plus précieuse possession
to be prized for sth → être prisé(e) pour qch
prize draw ntombola f
prize fight ncombat m professionnel
prize fighter nboxeur m professionnel
prize-giving [ˈpraɪzgɪvɪŋ]
ndistribution f des prix
prize money nprix m
£300 in prize money → un prix de 300 livres


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She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized -- and, in addition to all the rest, this roof was to be the roof of an abbey
William Blackwood whose guarded appreciation I felt nevertheless to be genuine, and prized accordingly.
 
 
 
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