Definition of "prize"

[…] wherefore he now begunneTo challenge her anew, as his owne prize,Whom formerly he had in battell wonne,

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, page 54

Having taken all the Treasure on Board their own Ships, and plundered their Prize of every Thing elſe they either wanted or liked, they let her go; ſhe not being able to continue her Voyage, returned back: […]

1724, Charles Johnson, “Of Captain Avery, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], page 51

I fought and conquer’d, yet have lost the prize.

1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, Act I, page 5

Cecil Rhodes […] was never tired of impressing upon one that the fact of being an Englishman was “the greatest prize in the lottery of life,” and that it was that thought which always sustained him when he was troubled.

1928, Weston Jarvis, Jottings from an Active Life‎, London: Heath Cranton, page 256

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Philippians 3:14

Like one of two contending in a prize,That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes […]

c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]

[…] IBeyond all limit of what else i’ the worldDo love, prize, honour you.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]

I pris’d your Person, but your Crown disdain.

1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, Act V, page 83

‘ […] An old broken cup has no value. No one prizes it.’‘I prize it. It’s my museum, not yours.’

2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 20, in The Childhood of Jesus‎, London: Harvill Secker, page 167

[…] no life,I prize it not a straw, but for mine honour,

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]

[…] a goodly price that I was prized at.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Zechariah 11:13

‘Find some other black boxes to prize open.’

2021, Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun, Faber & Faber Limited, page 298

My prizes – for a head is thirty five Guineas – As far as the Knees seventy – and for a whole-length one hundred and fifty.

1777, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 69