Prize

1. v. t. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
2. n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
3. n. Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
4. n. An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
5. n. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
6. n. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
7. n. A contest for a reward; competition.
8. n. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.