# prest
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛst
* IPA: /prɛst/
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### Etymology 1
#### Verb

prest
* (archaic) simple past and past participle of press
** 1850, Lydia Sigourney, Return to Native Land from Poems for the Sea, page 80:And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest

### Etymology 2

From Middle English prest, from Old French prest.

#### Noun

prest (plural prests)
* (rare) A payment of wages in advance
* A loan or advance (of money)
** 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
* A tax or duty
* (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
* (law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
** 1548, King Edward VI, Act 2:the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes […] without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same.

##### Derived terms

* prest money

### Etymology 3

From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.

#### Verb

prest (third-person singular simple present prests, present participle presting, simple past and past participle prested)
* (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
** 1550, Edward Hall, Chronicle:a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward

#### Adjective

prest (comparative more prest, superlative most prest)
* (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
* (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
** 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:False knave ready prest, All safe is the best
* (obsolete) Quick, brisk.
** c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 71–74:The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.

### References

* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, adj., adv.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, pp.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* 'terps, terps, perst, strep, perts, TrEPS, Terps

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin praestus, from the Latin adverb praestō. Compare French prêt, Italian and Spanish presto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɾɛst]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpɾəst]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɾest]

### Adverb

prest
* soon
    Synonym: aviat

### Adjective

prest (feminine presta, masculine plural prests or prestos, feminine plural prestes)
* quick
    Synonyms: prompte, ràpid
* ready
    Synonyms: disposat, preparat

### Further reading

* “prest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “prest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “prest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “prest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Icelandic
### Noun

prest
* indefinite accusative singular of prestur

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old French prest.

#### Alternative forms

* preste

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɛːst/, /prɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛːst, -ɛst

#### Noun

prest (plural prests)
* loan, borrowing
* tax, fee, levy
* advance payment

##### Descendants

* English: prest

##### References

* “prē̆st, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Etymology 2

From Old English prēost, from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

#### Alternative forms

* preest, preist, preost, preste, pruste, pruest, preoste, pryste, proste, proest, preyst, preeste, prist, priest

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /preːst/

#### Noun

prest (plural prestes)
* A parish priest.
* A Christian cleric or priest.
* A non-Christian priest or religious head.

##### Derived terms

* parissh prest
* presthode
* prestly

##### Descendants

* English: priest
* Scots: preest, priest
* Yola: priesth, vrieste

##### References

* “prẹ̄st, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prest, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Etymology 3

From Old French prest, a form of prés, from Latin pressus.

#### Alternative forms

* prist, preist, preste, pyrst

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst

#### Adjective

prest
* willing, enthusiastic
* prompt, alert, attentive
* ready, set up, useable
** c. 13th century, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicles
    He sende word , þat al prest to such batayle he was(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* bold, daring
* nearby, close

##### Derived terms

* prestly

##### Descendants

* English: prest (obsolete)

##### References

* “prest, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

#### Adverb

prest
* quickly, speedily, hastily
* enthusiastically, readily
* totally

##### References

* “prest, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

## Middle French
### Noun

prest m (plural prests)
* loan

#### Related terms

* prester (verb)

#### Descendants

* French: prêt

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prester, definite plural prestene)
* a priest, minister (etc.)

#### Derived terms

* feltprest
* jesuittprest
* prestebolig
* prestegard
* prestegjeld
* prestegård
* presteskap
* prestinne
* sjømannsprest
* sogneprest

### References

* “prest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

prest m (definite singular presten, indefinite plural prestar, definite plural prestane)
* a priest, minister (etc.)

#### Derived terms

* feltprest
* jesuittprest
* prestegard
* prestegjeld
* presteskap
* prestinne
* sjømannsprest

### References

* “prest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

prest oblique singular, m (oblique plural prez or pretz, nominative singular prez or pretz, nominative plural prest)
* loan
* monetary gift

### References

* prest on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Norse
### Noun

prest
* indefinite accusative singular of prestr

## Swedish
### Noun

prest ?
* Obsolete spelling of präst.