1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) i. xvi. sig. ciiii^v/2 From the sonne rysynge unto the goyng downe goddes name is prisable [a1500 Hunterian preysable] & worshipful.

1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) vii. xiii. sig. Bvi^v/1 If a man for deuocion yeue the best to god it is prisable [a1500 Hunterian preyshable] and wele doon.

1569 Sir W. Cecil Let. 15 May in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1838) I. 474 Men..whereof none have power to procure some accord, but still daily to destroy the most prizeable men.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 661 I..finde it [sc. life] to be both priseable and commodious.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 203 The very ravings of my fever are sometimes more prizeable than Philosophical Meditations.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica To Rdr. 2 I hope this our Principle is so much the more prizable, that it [etc.].

1706 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 5) 59 There are several sorts of Trouts highly prizable; as the Fordidge Trout, the Amerly Trout, the Bull-Trout in Northumberland.

1796 J. Wright Observ. preserving Wheat from Vermin 40 The rats know how to select the best sort from that which is less valuable, and never begin upon the inferior till they have devoured the most prizeable.

1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. I. 108 Clothed with that delicate..short grass so prizable for the flock and the dairy.

1875 H. Taylor Virgin Widow ii. i. 34 For in so much as love is better worth So prudence is more prizeable in love.

1920 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 Oct. 9/5 (advt.) Our extraordinarily large and varied assortment of the choicest, most useful and prizable articles makes the selection of such gifts a source of real pleasure.

1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 183 The master was fascinated with Kinsey and his report, which he felt had indeed made him, if not respectable, plausible and prizable.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 70 Is a poore clod of earth wee call Inheritance prizable with his greatnesse?

?1709 A. Justice Gen. Treat. Dominion of Sea (new ed.) xi. 472 Goods for Pleasure and Luxury only, are not reckon'd among such as are Prizable, in Neutral Ships, or Ships belonging to Neutral Nations.

1861 Times 8 May 9/2 Whereas the French held that prize ships made prize goods, we held that friends' goods were not prizeable in enemies' ships.

1902 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation New Ser. 4 48 Instructions to privateers issued during the wars of 1737, 1744, [etc.]..enumerate articles which are to be prizable as contraband.

1911 Eng. Hist. Rev. 26 49 The robe d'ennemi rule is again omitted, but all goods in Dutch bottoms were declared to be prizable.

1803 P. Pratt Stud. Chess II. 201 In case you touch a piece not prizable, you..must play your king if you can.

1841 G. Walker New Treat. Chess (ed. 3) ii. xiii. 129 In the Muzio Gambit you castle, instead, on this move, leaving Kt. prizable.

1875 Westm. Papers Nov. 121 The King is only in check when attacked by a piece, which (if the King were prizable) could capture it without the attacking piece uncovering check upon his own King.