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Definition of Prised
1. prise [v] - See also: prise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prised
Literary usage of Prised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1862)
"Inventory of the estate prised by Join Fuller, Christopher Skinner, Nathaniel Adams.
Amt. £9:6:8. Robert Starr deposed Feb ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1820)
"... when the committal took place, the proceeding was regular; but that he had
frequently been sur' agama prised to find, that defendants were committed to ..."
3. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... prised and recaptured the post. The French were friendly, and Clark was able
to occupy the country and even threaten Detroit. By this expedition Clark ..."
4. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"... was eur- prised in 1880 by the passage oí the Kansas amendment by over 20000
majority in a vote of the people invoked by the Legislature. ..."
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