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pray (PRAY) (adverb)
Used as a preface for polite entreaties or instructions: Jack said, "Pray shut the door on your way out."pray (PRAY) (verb)
To address a religious figure; such as, God or a deity, in a manner of supplication, adoration, etc.: The minister requested that the congregation pray to God with him after the hymn was concluded.prey (PRAY) (noun)
1. Victim, someone or something that is helpless: People who are alone and live in isolation are often the prey of unscrupulous con-artists.
2. An animal which is taken by a predator as food: The wild owl hunted its prey in the evening when it was almost dark.
2. An animal which is taken by a predator as food: The wild owl hunted its prey in the evening when it was almost dark.
prey (PRAY) (verb)
To seize, to eat, or to commit violence: The lions will prey on their kill for a few days until it is devoured.
The roving bandits were known to prey on the isolated farms in the area.
Pray do not feel sorry for her as if she were the prey of an evil force because her friends will pray that it will not prey on her anymore.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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1. An animal or animals caught, killed, and eaten by another animal as food; for example, a shrew's prey consists largely of earthworms and wood lice.
2. Someone who is attacked by or who receives cruel or unfair treatment from another person.
3. The natural practice or habit of predatory animals of hunting, killing, and eating other animals.
4. Etymology: from Latin praedari, "to plunder, to rob"; from praeda, "booty".
2. Someone who is attacked by or who receives cruel or unfair treatment from another person.
3. The natural practice or habit of predatory animals of hunting, killing, and eating other animals.
4. Etymology: from Latin praedari, "to plunder, to rob"; from praeda, "booty".
prey (verb), preys; preyed; preying
1. To seize and to devour prey, as an animal does: Foxes prey on rabbits.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.
2. To make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
3. To exert a harmful or destructive influence: Hank's worries preyed upon his mind.
4. To victimize another person or others: There are loan sharks that prey upon those who are in great need of money.
(Latin: bird of prey, a hawk; hawk-like)