1. prest - Noun
2. prest - Adjective
3. prest - Verb
5. Prest - Proper noun
imp. & p. p. of Press.
Ready; prompt; prepared.
Neat; tidy; proper.
Ready money; a loan of money.
A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
To give as a loan; to lend.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary! William Cowper
Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest. John Keats
The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
I deeply swore No lip should sigh where mine before Had sealed its vow, no heart should rest Upon the bosom mine had prest. Life had no ill I would not brave To claim him, even in the grave! Letitia Elizabeth Landon