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pray

/pˈɹeɪ/PRAY
/pˈɹeɪ/PRAY

Meaningto entreat

Common meaning: to speak to a god

Journey through time

  1. Latinprecor‘to pray, entreat’
  2. Old Frenchpreiersource
  3. Middle Englishpreiensource
  4. Englishpray‘to speak to a god’ · today

pray also in: deprecateprecariousimprecation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin precor ‘to pray, entreat’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry precor, p. 1439 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PRECARIOUS, p. 462 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • precor Latin “to pray, entreat”

Related words

deprecateimprecationprecarious

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