Definition of Pryse

1. to prize [v PRYSED, PRYSING, PRYSES] - See also: prize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pryse

pry bar
pryan
pryany
prybar
prybars
pryde
prydes
pryer
pryers
prying
pryingly
pryings
prymnesiophyte
prymnesiophytes
prys
pryse (current term)
prysed
pryses
prysing
prytane
prytanea
prytaneis
prytanes
prytaneum
prytanies
prytanis
prytany
prythee
pryuely
pryvely

Literary usage of Pryse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"1695), mine-owner, was the son of Carbery pryse, by his wife Hester, daughter of Sir Bui- strode Whitelocke, and grandson of Sir Richard pryse of Gogerddan, ..."

2. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas (1872)
"Mr. pryse had issue a son, Lewis pryse, who d. unmarried at ... For lineage, see pryse, Gogerddan, where the full family pedigree is originally and ..."

3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1878)
"John pryse of Tref Dderwen and jure uxoris of Llwyn y Wern, living in 1693. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Elis Lewys of Llwyn y Wern, ..."

4. The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of by Jacob Youde William Lloyd (1887)
"John pryse of Trev Dderwen, the eldest son, married Margaret, ... by whom he had issue two sons—1, John pryse; and 2, Geoffrey pryse of Bryn ..."

5. The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales, from the Earliesr by William Retlaw Williams (1895)
"Eldest son of above pryse C. (see 1768,) b. 175-, m. 27 July 1789 Lady Isabella Caroline Howard eldest dau. of Frederick sth Earl of Carlisle, was MP co. ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Richard Davis Craig, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1843)
"... to answer the demand of what may be found due from the Defendants under the decree in these causes." Reg. Lib. 1839. B. 412. LOZON v. pryse. ..."

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