PRAY
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
Pray (?), n. & v. See Pry. [Obs.] Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
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&ī;nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth. fraíhnan. 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.
[1913 Webster]
And to his goddess pitously he preyde.
Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
I pray, sir. why am I beaten?
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech; petition.
[1913 Webster]
Pray, v. t. 1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
[1913 Webster]
And as this earl was preyed, so did he.
Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God.
2 Cor. v. 20.
[1913 Webster]
2. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
[1913 Webster]
I know not how to pray your patience.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory. Milman.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
