Prized
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late 16th century: from dialect prise ‘lever’, from Old French prise ‘grasp, taking hold’. Compare with pry2.
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prized (adj.)
"highly esteemed," 1530s, adjective from prize (n.1.), or from past participle of Middle English prisen "to prize, value" (late 14c.), from stem of Old French preisier "to praise" (see praise (v.)).