the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Prize
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Estimation; valuation.
(2):
(n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
(3):
(v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
(4):
(n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
(5):
(n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
(6):
(n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
(7):
(n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
(8):
(n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
(9):
(n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
(10):
(v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
(11):
(v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prize.html. 1828.
