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      prize
      noun
      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.
      Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
      That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
      (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.
      That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
      A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
      Obsolete form of price. [The cost required to gain possession of something.]
      (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
      verb
      To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
      To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
      (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
      (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
      adjective
      Having won a prize; award-winning.
      First-rate; exceptional.
      Roots
      prehendopriz- · Latin · grasp, seize
      Synonyms for prize
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      Words related to prize
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