transitive verb prized, prizing priz′·ing

1. Obsolete to set a value upon; price
2. to value highly; esteem

Etymology: ME pris: see price

noun

1. something offered or given to the winner of a contest
2. something won in a game of chance, lottery, etc.
3. a reward, premium, or the like
4. anything worth striving for; any enviable or highly valued possession
5. Archaic a contest or match

adjective

1. that has received a prize a prize novel
2. worthy of a prize; first-rate
3. given as a prize

noun

1. Obsolete the act of capturing
2. something taken by force; esp., a captured enemy ship and its cargo
3. Dialectal
   1. a tool for prying; lever
   2. leverage

Etymology: ME prise, a taking hold < OFr, a taking < fem. pp. of prendre, to take < L prehendere: see prehensile

transitive verb prized, prizing priz′·ing