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Definition of Priefe
1. preif [n -S] - See also: preif
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priefe
Literary usage of Priefe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"priefe, *., of the same origin. Proof, trial. But readie are of anie to make ...
Tell then, О lady, tell what fatal priefe, Hath with so huge misfortune you ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"'Prick-song' used to mean counterpoint as distinguished from ' plain-song', mere
melody. priefe, ... priefe = F. preuve ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"For priefe thereof, my death shall weepe, WIL. And mone with many a mocke. '."•i-.
So I- u ,il I love on a holy eve, WIL. Hey, ho, holy-day! PER. ..."
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