Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect, An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort, That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power, adjective_ Offered or given as a prize, Given a prize, or likely to win a prize, Worthy of a prize; first-class, transitive verb_ To estimate the worth of; evaluate, To move or force with a lever; pry