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pray
(mass) | pray
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pray
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(encz) | pray,prosit v: |
pray
(encz) | Pray,orodovat v: [zast.] |
pray
(encz) | Pray,Pray n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
pray
(encz) | Pray,prosit v: [zast.] |
pray
(encz) | Pray,žádat v: [zast.] |
pray
(czen) | Pray,Prayn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Pray
(gcide) | Pray \Pray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Praying.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari,
fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to
ask, AS. frignan, fr[imac]nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth.
fra['i]hnan. Cf. Deprecate, Imprecate, Precarious.]
To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something
desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to
a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to
address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession,
supplication, and thanksgiving.
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And to his goddess pitously he preyde. --Chaucer.
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When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou
hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in
secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly. --Matt. vi. 6.
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I pray, or (by ellipsis) Pray, I beg; I request; I
entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a
request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me
to go.
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I pray, sir. why am I beaten? --Shak.
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Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech;
petition.
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Pray
(gcide) | Pray \Pray\, v. t.
1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat;
to implore; to beseech.
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And as this earl was preyed, so did he. --Chaucer.
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We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
v. 20.
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2. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication;
to entreat for.
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I know not how to pray your patience. --Shak.
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3. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out
of purgatory. --Milman.
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To pray in aid. (Law)
(a) To call in as a helper one who has an interest in the
cause. --Bacon.
(b) A phrase often used to signify claiming the benefit of
an argument. See under Aid. --Mozley & W.
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Pray
(gcide) | Pray \Pray\, n. & v.
See Pry. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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pray
(wn) | pray
v 1: address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of
worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord"
2: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
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pray
(devil) | PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf
of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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