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prest

verb
/prɛst/

Etymology

From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.

  1. derived from praesto
  2. derived from prester
  3. inherited from prest

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of press

    • And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest

  2. A payment of wages in advance

  3. A loan or advance (of money)

    • Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A tax or duty

    2. A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment

    3. A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for…

      A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

      • 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.

    4. To give as a loan

      To give as a loan; to lend.

      • a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward

    5. Ready

      Ready; prompt; prepared.

    6. Neat

      Neat; tidy; proper.

      • False knave ready prest, All safe is the best

    7. Quick, brisk.

      • The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.

    8. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA