Word Meanings - PRIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 , either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See Prison, Prehensile, 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Additional info about word: PRIZE

prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere; in some senses, as 2 , either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See Prison, Prehensile, 1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. I will depart my pris, or may prey, by deliberation. Chaucer. His own prize, Whom formerly he had in battle won. Spenser. 2. Hence, specifically; 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. Kent. Brande & C. 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. I'll never wrestle for prize more. Shak. I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize. Dryden. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. 3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. iii. 14. 4. A contest for a reward; competition. Shak. 5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. Prize court, a court having jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. Bouvier. -- Prize fight, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists, for a stake or wager. -- Prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; -- applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. Pope. -- Prize fighting, fighting, especially boxing, in public for a reward or wager. -- Prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. -- Prize medal, a medal given as a prize. -- Prize money, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. -- Prize ring, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. -- To make prize of, to capture. Hawthorne.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRIZE)

• Appreciate
• Esteem
• recognize
• acknowledge
• respect
• value
• prize
• regard
• reckon
• estimate
• Bays
• Laurels
• trophy
• success
• premium
• achievement
• victory
• triumph
• Price
• consider
• deem
• judge
• believe
• think
• affect
• appreciate
• revere
• honor
• admire
• venerate
• love
• like
• Meed
• Guerdon
• reward
• Palm
• Trophy
• crown
• laurels
• bays

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PRIZE)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Overlook
• dishonor
• Punish
• misrequite
• Miscompute
• disesteem
• vilipend
• underrate
• undervalue
• underestimate
• cheapen
• vilify

Related words: (words related to PRIZE)

• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• CROWN SIDE
  See OFFICE
• GUERDONABLE
  Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• CROWNED
  1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing
• REWARDFUL
  Yielding reward.
• ADMIRED
  1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem. 2. Wonderful; also, admirable. "Admired disorder." " Admired Miranda." Shak.
• PUNISHER
  One who inflicts punishment.
• RECKON
  reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
• REWARD
  To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• CONSIDERINGLY
  With consideration or deliberation.
• RECKONER
  One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
• CROWNER
  A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
• VICTORY
  The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of Ant: defeat. Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54. God on our side,
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• MISCOMPUTE
  To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.
• APPRECIATE
  a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon. 3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed
• HYPERTROPHY
  A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
• EUTROPHY
  Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.