(military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
(obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
Obsolete form of price.
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
verb
(obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
(obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
