prized

Variant of prize

prize definition

prize (prīz)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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