pree

American  

[pree] / pri /

Or prie

noun

1. a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.

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verb (used with object)

preed, preeing

1. to try, test, or taste.

idioms

1. pree the mouth of, to kiss.

Etymology

Origin of pree

1690–1700; shortened form of preive, Middle English preve (noun), preven (v.) < Old French pr ( o ) eve, preuver; see prove

Example Sentences

O th'art a mad wench, Moll, but I pree thee make haste, for the priest is gone before.

From The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

No more those lips red as the cherry,   That were to him so sweet to pree!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

As the fight went on Peeke got the better of Don Juan, who 'fell on his knees and crying out in French to me, Pardone moy, je vous pree.

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind

Th' soggarth comes in afther a while, carryin' a goold prayer-book, th' gift iv th' Rothscheelds, an' stands behind a small but vallyable pree Doo.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Dunne, Finley Peter

Ye can howk i' the kebbuck an' howk again As lang as there's kebbuck to pree.

From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by Rorie, David