prief

English

Noun

prief (countable and uncountable, plural priefs)

1. 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

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

Anagrams

• Pifer