Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prise
Participle: prised
Gerund: prising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prise |
| you | prise |
| he;she;it | prises |
| we | prise |
| you | prise |
| they | prise |
Perfect
| I | have prised |
| you | have prised |
| he;she;it | has prised |
| we | have prised |
| you | have prised |
| they | have prised |
Past
| I | prised |
| you | prised |
| he;she;it | prised |
| we | prised |
| you | prised |
| they | prised |
Pluperfect
| I | had prised |
| you | had prised |
| he;she;it | had prised |
| we | had prised |
| you | had prised |
| they | had prised |
Future
| I | will prise |
| you | will prise |
| he;she;it | will prise |
| we | will prise |
| you | will prise |
| they | will prise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prised |
| you | will have prised |
| he;she;it | will have prised |
| we | will have prised |
| you | will have prised |
| they | will have prised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prise |
| you | prise |
| he;she;it | prise |
| we | prise |
| you | prise |
| they | prise |
Perfect
| I | have prised |
| you | have prised |
| he;she;it | have prised |
| we | have prised |
| you | have prised |
| they | have prised |
Imperfect
| I | prised |
| you | prised |
| he;she;it | prised |
| we | prised |
| you | prised |
| they | prised |
Pluperfect
| I | had prised |
| you | had prised |
| he;she;it | had prised |
| we | had prised |
| you | had prised |
| they | had prised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prise |
| you | would prise |
| he;she;it | would prise |
| we | would prise |
| you | would prise |
| they | would prise |
Perfect
| I | would have prised |
| you | would have prised |
| he;she;it | would have prised |
| we | would have prised |
| you | would have prised |
| they | would have prised |
Imperative
| you | prise |
| we | Let's prise |
| you | prise |
Verbs conjugated like 'prise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prise'
arise,
peise,
poise,
praise,
price,
pride,
prie,
prime,
priss,
prize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From the Middle English noun prise (“taking of something”), from Old French prise (“seizure; taking; capture”), past participle of prendre (“to take”). Doublet of prize.
Sample Sentences
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I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. [1919, Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper:]
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Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! [c. 1925, Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata]
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Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. [2004 February 2, “'Wrap rage' hitting the over-50s”, in BBC News:]
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Many prefectural governments operate support centers for families of hikikomori, but they are staffed by nonspecialists. The priority is to help prise hikikomori out of their rooms and get them back to work, a solution that may leave psychological issues unaddressed. [2019 June 6, Motoko Rich, “Japan’s Extreme Recluses Already Faced Stigma. Now, After Knifings, They’re Feared.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019:]
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prise information out of someone