prief

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English

Noun

prief (countable and uncountable, plural priefs)

Obsolete form of proof.
- 1421, Lydgate, “v. 2328”, in The Siege of Thebes: Part I‎:
  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:
  But late repentance through thy follies prief; Ah! ceasse to gaze on matter of thy grief:

References

“prief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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