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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prest .
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Examples
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This same Monday morning (27 Oct.) the mayor received instructions to see that such carpenters and other artificers as had been "prested" for the king’s service at Boulogne by the king’s master-carpenter kept their day and presented themselves at the time and place appointed on pain of death. (
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In the recruiter's vocabulary, therefore, prest money stood for what is nowadays, in both services, commonly termed the king's shilling, and the man who, either voluntarily or under duress, accepted or received that shilling at the recruiter's hands, was said to be prested or prest.
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Once prested, you do not need pressure to press the pen to X the spot.
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Potential motions must prested in advance and today (Friday) is the earliest opportunity for the opposition to have that option on the table for Monday.
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"prest" money stood for what is nowadays, in both services, commonly termed the "king's shilling," and the man who, either voluntarily or under duress, accepted or received that shilling at the recruiter's hands, was said to be "prested" or "prest."
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