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prest
/prɛst/
noun 5adj 3verb 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, false, other, ready, safe, same
PREST + NOUN
chardge, runnynge
PREP.
with, without
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A payment of wages in advance
2
A loan or advance (of money)
Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
3
A tax or duty
4
A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
5
A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
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.
verb
1
To give as a loan; to lend.
a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward
adj
1
Ready; prompt; prepared.
2
Neat; tidy; proper.
False knave ready prest, All safe is the best
3
Quick, brisk.
The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.
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Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
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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.
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a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward
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False knave ready prest, All safe is the best
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The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.
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