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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
prest
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of press
- 1850, Lydia Sigourney, Return to Native Land from Poems for the Sea, page 80:
- And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
Etymology 2
From Middle English prest, from Old French prest.
Noun
prest (plural prests)
- (rare) A payment of wages in advance
- A loan or advance (of money)
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
- Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
- A tax or duty
- (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
- (law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
- 1548, King Edward VI, Act 2:
- the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes […] without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.
Verb
prest (third-person singular simple present prests, present participle presting, simple past and past participle prested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
- 1550, Edward Hall, Chronicle:
- a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward
Adjective
prest (comparative more prest, superlative most prest)
- (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
- (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
- 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- False knave ready prest,
All safe is the best
- (obsolete) Quick, brisk.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 71–74:
- The fauconer then was prest,
Came runnynge with a dow,
And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’
But she wold not bow.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, adj., adv.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, pp.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Noun
prest
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French prest.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
prest (plural prests)
Descendants
- English: prest
References
- “prē̆st, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
From Old English prēost, from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).
Alternative forms
- preest, preist, preost, preste, pruste, pruest, preoste, pryste, proste, proest, preyst, preeste, prist, priest
Pronunciation
Noun
prest (plural prestes)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “prẹ̄st, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 3
From Old French prest, a form of prés, from Latin pressus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
prest
- willing, enthusiastic
- prompt, alert, attentive
- ready, set up, useable
- c. 13th century, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicles
- He sende word , þat al prest to such batayle he was
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 13th century, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicles
- bold, daring
- nearby, close
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “prest, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Adverb
prest
References
- “prest, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Middle French
Noun
prest m (plural prests)
Related terms
- prester (verb)
Descendants
- French: prêt
Norwegian Bokmål
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Noun
prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prester, definite plural prestene)
Derived terms
References
- “prest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prestar, definite plural prestane)
Derived terms
References
- “prest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
prest oblique singular, m (oblique plural prez or pretz, nominative singular prez or pretz, nominative plural prest)
References
- prest on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Norse
Noun
prest
Swedish
Noun
prest ?
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