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  • 51pray — [[t]preɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship) 2) to offer (a prayer) 3) to make earnest petition to (a person) 4) to make entreaty for; crave: I pray your forgiveness[/ex] 5) to bring, put …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52pray in aid — phrasal or pray aid : to claim or call in aid (as when under English law calls are made upon another for assistance in proving one s title or right) see aid 4 * * * pray in aid (law; Shakespeare) To call in, or call for, help • • • Main Entry:… …

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  • 53pray — Synonyms and related words: I beg you, adjure, appeal, appeal to, apply to, ask, be good enough, beg, beseech, brace, call for help, call on, call upon, circulate a petition, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, crave, cry for, cry on, cry to,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54Pray TV (1982 film) — Infobox Film name = Pray TV caption = director = Robert Markowitz producer = Peter S. Greenberg writer = Lane Slate starring = John Ritter Ned Beatty Richard Kiley Madolyn Smith Osborne Louise Latham music = Dennis McCarthy cinematography =… …

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  • 55Pray (Tina Cousins song) — Infobox Single Name = Pray Artist = Tina Cousins from Album = Killing Time Released = 1998 Format = CD single: Worldwide Vinyl single: Europe Recorded = 1998 Genre = Pop ndash;dance Length = 3:56 Label = Jive/eBul Writer = Topham/Twigg Producer …

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  • 56Pray (2005 film) — Infobox Film name = Pray caption = DVD cover director = Yuichi Sato producer = Satoshi Fukushima writer = Tomoko Ogawa starring = Tetsuji Tamayama Asami Mizukawa distributor = Tartan Films released = country = JPN runtime = 77 min. budget =… …

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  • 57Pray — This very unusual and intesting surname is medieval and now English. Recorded as Pray and Prayer, it is in both cases ultimately French, and residential, and has nothing whatsover to do with religion! As Pray it originates from a village in… …

    Surnames reference

  • 58pray in aid — In old English practice, to call upon for assistance. In real actions, the tenant might pray in aid or call for assistance of another, to help him to plead, because of the feebleness or imbecility of his own estate. In current English practice,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59Pray and work — Relief with the motto (in gold) Ora et labora In Christian mysticism, the phrase pray and work (or pray and labor , in Latin ora et labora) refers to the monastic practice of working and praying, generally associated with its use in the Rule of… …

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  • 60pray to the porcelain god — AND pray to the enamel god in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (Refers to being on one’s knees [praying] in front of a porcelain toilet bowl.) □ Boy, was I sick. I was praying to the porcelain god for two hours. □ Wayne was in the john, praying …

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