Pry

Morpheme

Pry

Type

free base

Denotation

raise or open by force

Etymology

false singular and base of prise, prize, from Middle English prise; Old French prise, from prendre; Latin prēndere, from prehendere, from from pre- + -hendere

Evidence

pried, prier, pries, pry, pryer, prying, pryingly

Notes

<y> need not toggle (but can) with suffixes, especially in monosyllabic bases ending in <y>

See Also

Prise, Prize

Homographs

Pry