Definition of prize

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Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..

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Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit..
Prise :: Prise (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t..
Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..
Walk-over :: Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory..
Apprize :: Apprize (v. t.) To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
Agon :: Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.
Rasse :: Rasse (n.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet..
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
Dart :: Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running.
Garland :: Garland (n.) The top; the thing most prized.
Prize :: Prize (n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
Sweepstake :: Sweepstake (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes.
Garum :: Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
Detur :: Detur (n.) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
Admire :: Admire (v. t.) To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape..
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..
Reprize :: Reprize (v. t.) See Reprise.
Mackerel :: Mackerel (n.) Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
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