prize
verb C2- To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
- To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
He/she/it prizes · Past prized · Past participle prized · -ing form prizing
Verb forms
- Base form
- prize
- He/she/it
- prizes
- Past
- prized
- Past participle
- prized
- -ing form
- prizing
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“No,” replied the countess, “it was certainly empty during the first act;” then, resuming the subject of their previous conversation, she said, “And so you really believe it was your mysterious Count of Monte Cristo that gained the prize?”
He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.
“But why are you so sure of his being the winner of the Jockey Club prize?”
His first astounding act upon coming amongst us was to present a pair of horses, worth 32,000 francs, to Madame Danglars; his second, the almost miraculous preservation of Madame de Villefort’s life; now it seems that he has carried off the prize awarded by the Jockey Club.
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