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Dryden.

(c) 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. [Obs.] Shak.

5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also prise.]

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.

Prize (?), v. t. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry. [Written also prise.]

Prize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prizing.] [F. priser, OF. prisier, preisier, fr. L. pretiare, fr. pretium worth, value, price. See Price, and cf. Praise.] [Formerly written also prise. ]

1. To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.

A goodly price that I was prized at.

Zech. xi. 13.

I prize it not a straw, but for mine honor.

Shak.

2. To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem. " do love, prize, honor you. " Shak.

I prized your person, but your crown disdain.

Dryden.

Prize, n. [F. prix price. See 3d Prize. ] Estimation; valuation. [Obs.] Shak.

Prize"man (?), n.; pl. Prizemen (&?;). The winner of a prize.

Priz"er (?), n. [See 3d Prize.] One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser. Shak.

Priz"er, n. [See 1st Prize.] One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger. [Obs.] Shak.

Appeareth no man yet to answer the prizer.

B. Jonson.

Priz"ing, n. [See 2d Prize.] The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.

Pro- (?). [L. pro, or Gr. &?;. See Pro.] A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

||Pro, prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. &?;, and E. for. See For, ||prep., and cf. Prior, a.] A Latin preposition signifying for, before, ||forth.

Pro confesso [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny. -- Pro rata. [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. -- Pro re nata [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are.