prizing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb hold dear
    treasure; appreciate; prize; value.
    • I prize these old photographs
  2. verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
    lever; prise; jimmy; pry; prize.
    • The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
  3. verb regard highly; think much of
    respect; prise; esteem; value; prize.
    • I respect his judgement
    • We prize his creativity

WordNet

Priz"ing noun
Etymology
See 2d Prize.
Definitions
  1. The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.

Webster 1913