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单词 pree
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Definition of pree in English:

pree

verb priː
[with object]Scottish
  • Sample or taste (something)

    she preed her tea from her teaspoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You are in the practice of giving your customers a dram, but first preeing or smelling the liquor yourself.
    • He was preeing the drink and paying little heed to food.
    • When the bottom dish had been preed, the waiters came round.
    • After preeing the whisky bottle, the young farmer again set out through the deep snow.
    • You're always for preeing the broth.
    • I insist on your preeing a Scotch brandy-posset.

Origin

Early 16th century (in sense 'to prove or establish'): variant of prove. Compare with gie.

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