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pres

I. pres, prese Obs. rare.
    [Etymology obscure: see note.]
    ? Praise. Phr. to hold in pris and pres, to hold in esteem and (?) praise. (Cf. price n.)

a 1300 Cursor M. 6358 Fra þan forth heild sir moyses Þis [v.rr. þa, þer] wandes bath in pris and pres. ? a 1375 E.E. Allit. P. A. 419 Hys prese, his prys, and hys parage, Is rote and grounde of alle my blysse.

    [Usually taken as a form of praise n., which in both passages fairly makes sense. But it is difficult to bring prēs (riming in Cursor M. with Moysēs) into phonetic relation with preyse, praise, which is moreover unknown till after 1400. The final e in E.E. Allit. P. is not etymological.]
II. pres
    obs. collateral form of press.
III. pres
    see prez1, prez2.

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