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What (who) is prise - definition
ANCIENT RIGHT OF ENGLISH MONARCHS TO REQUISITION GOODS
Purveys; Purveyances; Purvey; Prise
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Purveyance
Purveyance was an ancient prerogative right of the English Crown to purchase provisions and other necessaries for the royal household, at an appraised price, and to requisition horses and vehicles for royal use. It was finally abolished in 1660.
Examples of use of prise
1. You can prise your way past the security fencing and see for yourself.
2. He will also try to prise Shaun Wright–Phillips away from Chelsea.
3. I used a couple of spent matches to prise it out.
4. One jogger, who tried to prise the knife from his hand, was injured in the scuffle.
5. Officers lugged cutting equipment to prise apart the twisted metal of destroyed carriages, freeing human remains.