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[preisable] (c.1150)
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[preisable] (c.1150)

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preciable,  prisable  
  FEW:  pretium 9,372b Gdf:  preciable 6,368b GdfC:  prisable 10,419b TL: precïable 7,1701 / prisable 7,1884 DEAF:  pris (preciable)  / pris (prisable)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  praisable a.  / prizable a.1  MED:  preisable a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1praiseworthy, commendable: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Plusurs delivra del diable, Bon hom esteit et preciable  S Nichol wace 610
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  A bon houre fust unqe nee Q’est prisable (Lat. laudabile) e poi prisee  BOZ Prov (S) 35.70
2taxsubject to prisage (a duty levied upon imported wine): 
( 1392-93 )  q’ils purront estre quitz de tiels prises, paiant pur chescun tonelle de vyns prisables vynt deners  Rot Parl1 iii 307

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See also:

preisage  preisagier  preisee  preisement  preiser1  preising  preisour  pris1 
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