v.intr. (pries, pried)
1 (usu. foll. by into) inquire impertinently (into a person's private affairs etc.).
2 (usu. foll. by into, about, etc.) look or peer inquisitively.
Derivatives:
prying adj. pryingly adv.
Etymology: ME prie, of unkn. orig.
2.
v.tr. (pries, pried) US (often foll. by out of, open, etc.) = PRISE.
Etymology: PRISE taken as pries 3rd sing. pres.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.