What is the meaning of prise?

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.
- usage: "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
- synonyms: pry, prize, lever, jimmy
Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.
- usage: "They pried the information out of him"
- synonyms: pry
Regard highly; think much of.
- usage: "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- synonyms: respect, esteem, value, prize

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