pray

(Английский)

Verb

1. 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.
2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
3. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
4. To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
5. (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.

Adv

1. (archaic, formal, not-comparable) Please; used to make a polite request
2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you”).

Произносится как (IPA)

/pɹeɪ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: preien

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”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.
Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

Синонимы

beg

worship

request

ask

implore

beseech

entreat

supplicate

wish

solicit

plead

demand

appeal

petition

deify

ask for

adore

hope

seek

🔍

take an oath

vow

beg for

desire

urge

greet

crave for

importune

say one’s prayers

sue for

bid

one who prays

bless

go to church

sue

speak

🗣️

say

🗣️

apply

please

beseech for

implore for

importune for

chant

crave

prayer

pray for

enshrine

read

📖

greet the angels

adjure

apply for

Переводы

prier

🛐

pregare

🛐

beten

🛐

bidden

🛐

rezar

🛐

orar

🛐

rezar

🛐

orar

🛐

rogar

προσεύχομαι

supplicare

pregar

🛐

modlić się

supplier

orare

Предложения

No compliments , pray Without ceremony , Without the organ , Without repetition .

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