Crossword-Solution: PRISE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prise | n. | An enterprise. |
| Prise | n. & v. | See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PRISE | anagram | EPRIS, PERIS, PIERS, PREIS, PRIES, RESIP, RIPES, SPEIR, SPIER, SPIRE |
We have 21 clues for the answer “PRISE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Extract, in Eton | 1 answer |
| Word on the Expos' scoreboard | 1 answer |
| Use a lever, in London | 1 answer |
| Use a crowbar, in Cornwall | 1 answer |
| Raise with a lever: Var. | 1 answer |
| Lever: Var. | 1 answer |
| Force with a lever: Var. | 1 answer |
| Force with a lever. | 1 answer |
| En __ (exposed to capture, in chess) | 1 answer |
| Dislodge with a lever. | 1 answer |
| Catch, in Cannes | 1 answer |
| Capture, in Caen | 1 answer |
| Use a crowbar | 2 answers |
| Force (open) | 3 answers |
| Use a crowbar on | 3 answers |
| Use a lever | 3 answers |
| A LEVER THAT IS OPERATED WITH THE FOOT | 10 answers |
| CONTROL THE LEVER | 11 answers |
| break loose | 12 answers |
| Lever | 24 answers |
| Open | 131 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PRISE (5)
Cheape then are pearle-imbroderies, That not adorne, but cloud thy wast; Thou shalt be cloath'd above all prise, If thou wilt promise me imbrac't. Wee'l ransack neither chest nor shelfe: Ill cover thee with mine owne selfe.
But as at Meccha's tombe, the devout blind Pilgrim (great husband of his sight and mind) Pays to no other object this chast prise, Then with hot earth anoynts out both his eyes: So having seen your dazling glories store, It is enough, and sin for to see more.
Thus with some prodigal us'rer 't doth fare, That keeps his gold still vayl'd, his steel-breast bare; That doth exceed his coffers all but's eye, And his eyes' idol the wing'd Deity: That cannot lock his mines with half the art As some rich beauty doth his wretched heart; Wild at his real poverty, and so wise To win her, turns himself into a prise.
Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, 120 With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.
The capture of Quebec depends on what we call a stroke-of-hand--[But let us take to the Original now, for Prediction First]:-- "La prise de Quebec depend d'un coup de main.
Quotes with PRISE (3)
Every once in a while, I get the urge. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? The urge for destruction. The urge to hurt, maim, kill. It’s quite a thing, to experience that urge, to let it wash over you, to give in to it. It’s addictive. It’s all-consuming. You lose yourself to it. It’s quite, quite wonderful. I can feel it, even as I speak, tapping around the edges of my mind, trying to prise me open, slip its fingers in. And it would be so easy to let it happen. But we…
Uncle Yuichi: Something's moving up there? Hmm... I don't see anything. It was probably a satelite. Punpun (with gums flapping): Could I have discovered a new planet?!(long pause) Yuichi: Yes! This could be a great discovery! If it really is a new planet... It'll be called Planet Pun Pun! Punpun (slobbering again): Do you think I'll win the Nobel Prise?! Yuichi: You sure are a greedy kid.
At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried to prise the pieces of him apart. Only when she failed had she finally let go, by then months had passed. She loved like she was going to war, but she was also not the kind of woman to wait for a man. Valiant in battle, noble in defeat. She walked away and never looked back
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT, Onion, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1952–2021).