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Prest   /prɛst/   Listen
noun
Prest  n.  
1.
Ready money; a loan of money. (Obs.) "Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks."
2.
(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.



verb
Prest  v. t.  To give as a loan; to lend. (Obs.) "Sums of money... prested out in loan."



Prest  v.  Imp. & p. p. of Press.



adjective
Prest  adj.  
1.
Ready; prompt; prepared. (Obs.) "All prest to such battle he was."
2.
Neat; tidy; proper. (Obs.)
Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted into the British service; so called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.






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"Prest" Quotes from Famous Books



... William Dane, that sometime was An ironmonger; where each degree He worthily (with praise) did passe. By Wisdom, Truth, and Heed, was he Advanc'd an Alderman to be; Then Sheriffe; that he, with justice prest, And cost, performed with the best. In almes frank, of conscience cleare; In grace with prince, to people glad; His vertuous wife, his faithful peere, MARGARET, this monument hath made; Meaning (through ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

... Boding woe to lovers true; But now upon the left he flew, And with sporting sneeze divine, Gave to joy the sacred sign. Acme bent her lovely face, Flush'd with rapture's rosy grace, And those eyes that swam in bliss, Prest with many a breathing kiss; Breathing, murmuring, soft, and low, Thus might life for ever flow! "Love of my life, and life of love! Cupid rules our fates above, Ever let us vow to join In homage at his happy shrine." Cupid ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli

... gently walk, and sweetly talk, Till the silent moon shine clearly; I'll grasp thy waist, and, fondly prest, Swear how I love thee dearly; Not vernal showers to budding flow'rs, Not autumn to the farmer, So dear can be as thou to me, My ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot. It is not supposed to be the nature of women to rise as a general ...
— The Aspern Papers • Henry James

... rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


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