prest

Verb

prest

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of press
   • 1850, Lydia Sigourney, Return to Native Land from Poems for the Sea, page 80:

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

Noun

prest (plural prests)

1. (rare) A payment of wages in advance
2. A loan or advance (of money)
   • Francis Bacon

     Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.

3. A tax or duty
4. (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
5. (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.

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Verb

prest (third-person singular simple present prests, present participle presting, simple past and past participle prested)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
   • E. Hall

     Sums of money […] prested out in loan.

Adjective

prest (comparative more prest, superlative most prest)

1. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
   • R. of Gloucester

     All prest to such battle he was.

2. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.

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Alternative forms

• preste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛːst/, /prɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛːst, -ɛst

Noun

prest (plural prests)

1. loan, borrowing
2. tax, fee, levy
3. advance payment

Alternative forms

• preest, preist, preost, preste, pruste, pruest, preoste, pryste, proste, proest, preyst, preeste, prist, priest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preːst/

Noun

prest (plural prestes)

1. parish priest
2. A Christian cleric or priest
3. A non-Christian priest or religious head

Alternative forms

• prist, preist, preste, pyrst

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Adjective

prest

1. willing, enthusiastic
2. prompt, alert, attentive
3. ready, set up, useable
4. bold, daring
5. nearby, close

Adverb

prest

1. quickly, speedily, hastily
2. enthusiastically, readily
3. totally

Related terms

• prester verb

Descendants

• French: prêt

Derived terms

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