How do you pronounce prest?

The recorded pronunciation is /prɛst/.

Where does prest come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

prest

/prɛst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: prest
IPA: /prɛst/

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Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of press

Archaic

noun

A payment of wages in advance

noun

A loan or advance (of money)

noun

A tax or duty

noun

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

Obsolete

noun

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

verb

To give as a loan; to lend.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

adj

Ready; prompt; prepared.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest"
"Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks."
"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."
"a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward"
"False knave ready prest, All safe is the best"
"The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow."

Etymology

From Middle English prest, from Old French prest, deverbal from prester.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: prest, prester, praesto

Usage

Inflected Forms

prests (plural) prests (present, singular) presting (participle, present) prested (participle, past) prested (past) more prest (comparative) most prest (superlative)

Phrases

prest money

Rhymes With

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