Definition of prize

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Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.

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Odeon :: Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances..
Compete :: Compete (v. i.) To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another..
Priser :: Priser (n.) See 1st Prizer.
Agon :: Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.
Garum :: Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
Reprize :: Reprize (v. t.) See Reprise.
Foreprize :: Foreprize (v. t.) To prize or rate beforehand.
Rasse :: Rasse (n.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet..
Prizer :: Prizer (n.) One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.
Prise :: Prise (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t..
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..
Surmulot :: Surmullet (a.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet..
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse..
Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Prize :: Prize (v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
Captor :: Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize..
Overprize :: Overprize (v. t.) Toprize excessively; to overvalue.
Lampadrome :: Lampadrome (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize..
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