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Pray

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To pry about to prowl

process of inspecting or looking at carefully a strict or prying examination close or careful scrutiny investigation

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Mainprize [fr. main, Fr., and pris, taken]. The writ of mainprize, manucaptio, was a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding...

Esnecy [fr. 'snesia, Lat.], a private prerogative allowed to the eldest coparcener, where an estate descended to daughters for want...

Inspecting closely or impertinently

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One who pries one who inquires narrowly and searches or is inquisitive

Offensively or intrusively curious prying nosey as he flipped through my letters in his nosy

Offensively or intrusively curious prying nosy as a nosy neighbor

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