The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prize \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. ]
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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 [life] not a straw, but for mine honor.
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To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem. ``[I] do love, prize, honor you. ''
--Shak.I prized your person, but your crown disdain.
--Dryden.
Prizing \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.
Wiktionary
n. (context philosophy English) The act or state of prize something, valuing it highly. vb. 1 (present participle of prize English) 2 (context obsolete English) prizefighting (qualifier: abbreviation)
Usage examples of "prizing".
Americans as men prizing and setting the just value on that inestimable blessing, liberty, yet if he could once bring himself to believe that they entertained the most distant intentions of throwing off the legislative supremacy and great constitutional superintending power and control of the British legislature, he should be the very person himself who would be the first and most zealous mover for securing and enforcing that power by every possible exertion this country was capable of making.