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English Dictionary: prink by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prink
v
  1. dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
  2. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
    Synonym(s): overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out
    Antonym(s): dress down, underdress
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prink \Prink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Prinking}.] [Probably a nasalized form of prick. See
      {Prick}, v. t., and cf. {Prig}, {Prank}.]
      To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prink \Prink\, v. t.
      To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. [bd]And prink
      their hair with daisies.[b8] --Cowper.
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