prest
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Is prest a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of pressExamples: "And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest"archaicform-ofparticiplepast
noun (English)
1. (rare) A payment of wages in advancerare
2. (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistmentobsolete
3. (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.Examples: "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."
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.Examples: "a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward"obsoletetransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.obsolete
2. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.Examples: "False knave ready prest, All safe is the best"obsolete
3. (obsolete) Quick, brisk.Examples: "The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary