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prief
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
priefs
)
Obsolete
form of
proof
.
1421
,
Lydgate
, “
v. 2328
”, in
The Siege of Thebes: Part I
[1]
:
And of her willë / sothly this was chief, That she thoughte forto mak a
prief
1596
,
Spenser
, “
v. 293
”, in
An Hymne of Heavenly Beavtie
[2]
:
But late repentance through thy follies
prief
; Ah! ceasse to gaze on matter of thy grief:
References
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“
prief
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.
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Pifer