pretiare

pretiare [LL], ~ari 1 to determine a value for or set a value upon, to value, appraise; b (w. monetary sum specifying value determined or appraised). in Wella vj bord’, et sunt ~ati hund’ DB II 206b; in Dereham ij liberi homines, vj acre et sunt ~ate DB II 251b.  b piscariae et marae abbatis de Ramsey ~antur x lib’, abbatis de Tornay lx sol’, abbatis de Burg iiij lib’ DB I 205ra; homines hundret’ habent hanc terram ~ata xlviij s. DB II 343. 2 to consider valuable or of worth, to value, esteem, prize. b (p. ppl.) prized, valuable. 1219 nos ‥ pro paupertate nostra non possumus terram defendere, nec illos subjugare, nec me amplius pretiunt quam si essem unum garciolum RL I 37; quorum mediorum prima, que maxime ~amur, sunt folia respectu fructus sapiencie, ad quam ducunt Wycl. Ver. I 204.  b qui precium ponit dives preciata reportat / munera Gower VC III 1203. 3 to add worth or value to, (transf.) to adorn, embellish. nobilis appensum preciatur purpura velum V. Ed. Conf. f. 40v.. 4 (in gl.) to praise (but cf. ME preisen, which also manifests senses supra and supra. to prayse ‥ magnificare, ~ari, mirari, laudare CathA.