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prest
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
- IPA(key): /pr?st/
Etymology 1
Verb
prest
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of press
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French prest.
Noun
prest (plural prests)
- (rare) A payment of wages in advance
- A loan or advance (of money)
- 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.
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Etymology 3
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
- 1550, Edward Hall, Chronicle
Adjective
prest (comparative more prest, superlative most prest)
- (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
- (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
Anagrams
- 'terps, Terps, TrEPS, perts, strep, terps
Icelandic
Noun
prest
- indefinite accusative singular of prestur
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French prest.
Alternative forms
- preste
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr??st/, /pr?st/
- Rhymes: -??st, -?st
Noun
prest (plural prests)
- loan, borrowing
- tax, fee, levy
- advance payment
Descendants
- English: prest
References
- “pr??st, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Etymology 2
From Old English pr?ost, from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (presbúteros).
Alternative forms
- preest, preist, preost, preste, pruste, pruest, preoste, pryste, proste, proest, preyst, preeste, prist, priest
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre?st/
Noun
prest (plural prestes)
- A parish priest.
- A Christian cleric or priest.
- A non-Christian priest or religious head.
Derived terms
- parissh prest
- presthode
- prestly
Descendants
- English: priest
- Scots: preest, priest
- Yola: priesth
References
- “pr??st, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Etymology 3
From Old French prest, a form of prés, from Latin pressus.
Alternative forms
- prist, preist, preste, pyrst
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
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
- c. 13th century, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicles
- bold, daring
- nearby, close
Derived terms
- prestly
Descendants
- English: prest (obsolete)
References
- “prest, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Adverb
prest
- quickly, speedily, hastily
- enthusiastically, readily
- totally
References
- “prest, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Middle French
Noun
prest m (plural prests)
- loan
Related terms
- prester (verb)
Descendants
- French: prêt
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prester, definite plural prestene)
- a priest, minister (etc.)
Derived terms
References
- “prest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prestar, definite plural prestane)
- a priest, minister (etc.)
Derived terms
References
- “prest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
prest m (oblique plural prez or pretz, nominative singular prez or pretz, nominative plural prest)
- loan
- monetary gift
References
- prest on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Norse
Noun
prest
- indefinite accusative singular of prestr
Swedish
Noun
prest ?
- Obsolete spelling of präst
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purest
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pj???st/, /?pj??st/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pj????st/, /?pj????st/
Adjective
purest
- superlative form of pure: most pure
- having the greatest purity
Related terms
- purer
Anagrams
- 'puters, erupts, purset, puters, uprest, upsert
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