[prize] n [ME pris prize, price--more at price] (14c) 1: something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance; also: premium 1d
2: something exceptionally desirable 3 archaic: a contest for a reward: competition
[2]prize adj (1803) 1 a: awarded or worthy of a prize b: awarded as a prize c: entered for the sake of a prize "a ~ drawing"
2: outstanding of a kind "raised ~ hogs" [3]prize vt prized ; priz.ing [ME prisen, fr. MF prisier, fr. LL pretiare, fr. L pretium price, value--more at price] (14c) 1: to estimate the value of: rate
2: to value highly: esteem syn see appreciate [4]prize n [ME prise, fr. MF, act of taking, fr. prendre to take, fr. L prehendere--more at get] (14c) 1: something taken by force, stratagem, or threat; esp: property lawfully captured at sea in time of war
2: an act of capturing or taking; esp: the wartime capture of a ship and its cargo at sea syn see spoil [5]prize vt prized ; priz.ing [prize lever] (1686): to press, force, or move with a lever: pry