pray
Bedeutung (English)
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- To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
- (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.
Konzepte
Synonyms
take an oath
beg for
crave for
say one’s prayers
sue for
one who prays
go to church
beseech for
implore for
importune for
pray for
greet the angels
apply for
seek after
say prayers
close eyes
say a prayer
wish well
object of worship
bow one’s head
make a wish
offer a prayer
recite the rosary
ask earnestly
offer prayers
chant prayers
recite a prayer
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/pɹeɪ/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French preier, proier (French prier), from Latin precārī, from prex, precis (“a prayer, a request”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.
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