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pray (verb), prays; prayed; praying
1. To make an entreaty; that is, to beg, beseech, implore; to beg.
2. To ask someone earnestly and fervently; to entreat (to beg someone for something, often repeatedly).
3. To utter or to address a prayer or prayers to God, a god, or another object of worship.
4. Etymology: from Latin precari which meant "to ask for, to entreat, to pray".
2. To ask someone earnestly and fervently; to entreat (to beg someone for something, often repeatedly).
3. To utter or to address a prayer or prayers to God, a god, or another object of worship.
4. Etymology: from Latin precari which meant "to ask for, to entreat, to pray".
In Vulgar Latin, it became precare, which passed into English via Old French preier.
The noun prayer goes back ultimately to the Latin adjective precarius, "obtained by asking or praying".
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pray, prey, prey
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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(Latin: to ask, to entreat; ask earnestly, entreaty, beg; request, petition, pray, prayer)