Definitions by Collins English Electronic Dictionary Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008

1. prise or prize

   1. verb, to force open by levering
   2. verb, to extract or obtain with difficulty
   3. noun, a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed. US and Canadian equivalent: pry
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