Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of pry.
  • See pree.
  • noun A shrub, the common privet, Ligustrum vulgare.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.), obsolete The plant privet.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To pry.

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Examples

  • OUAIP ... mais bon j'epsre que le probleme de sous va s'arranger * prie prie prie*

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

  • Faites que j'ai de l'argent au nouvel an * prie prie*

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

  • L'étoile luit/le poète prie/et passent les heures/mais sans toi ...

    Tweets For Today tragic_elegance 2009

  • Everyone pu thenames into the ding for thutographed Talorposter & other pzes, but they not giveay prie way at lla

    Twilight Lexicon » DVD Release Party Round Up 2009

  • Please, je vous en prie, help me by sharing your Paris suggestions in the comments box.

    What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Father William has sent the Host in the Monstrance from the chapel, and they put it on my prie dieu so I can fix my eyes on the body of the Lord.

    The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

  • I do make an effort to ensure that she has a good prie dieu in her room, a simple but large crucifix to focus her mind on her sins, and a collection of devotional texts so that she may think about her past life and hope for better in the future.

    The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

  • I wait for the return of my husband from his council meeting, on my knees before my prie dieu.

    The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

  • Je vous en prie, tuez le chien de la maison d'à côté ....

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Je ne prévois aucune insulte personnelle a vous, je vous en prie.

    Jordanian hiatus Adam Roberts 2010

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