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prize
Part of speech: NounA reward offered or won in a contest; that which is taken from an enemy in war, especially a captured vessel; anything worth striving for.
Part of speech: VerbTo value highly; to seize in war, as a vessel.
Usage examples "prize":- Josiah wuz real took with the looks on 'em, and as the prize wuz low we got into the chairs, Tommy settin' in Josiah's lap, and wuz carried for quite a ways through the narrer streets, with shops juttin' out on each side, makin' 'em still narrerer. - "Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife", Marietta Holley.
- And the prize for which we strive, " to have and to hold"- what is it? - "A Cynic Looks at Life Little Blue Book #1099", Ambrose Bierce.