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  • 61For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky — ST episode name = For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky Natira, high priestess of the generation ship Yonada series = TOS ep num = 63 prod num = 065 remas. num = 18 date = November 8, 1968 writer = Rik Vollaerts director = Tony… …

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  • 62pray — 1. verb /preɪ/ a) To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being. b) To humbly beg a person for aid or their time. Ant: curse …

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  • 63pray — [13] Latin precārī meant ‘ask for, entreat, pray’ (it has given English deprecate [17] and imprecation [16]). In Vulgar Latin it became *precāre, which passed into English via Old French preier. The noun prayer [13] goes back ultimately to the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 64pray — verb 1》 address a prayer to God or another deity. 2》 wish or hope earnestly for a particular outcome. adverb formal or archaic used in polite requests or questions: pray continue. Origin ME: from OFr. preier, from late L. precare, alt. of L.… …

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  • 65pray — [13] Latin precārī meant ‘ask for, entreat, pray’ (it has given English deprecate [17] and imprecation [16]). In Vulgar Latin it became *precāre, which passed into English via Old French preier. The noun prayer [13] goes back ultimately to the… …

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  • 66pray — v. (often foll. by for or to + infin. or that + clause) 1 intr. (often foll. by to) say prayers (to God etc.); make devout supplication. 2 a tr. entreat, beseech. b tr. & intr. ask earnestly (prayed to be released). 3 tr. (as imper.) archaic &… …

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  • 67For all the world — World World, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[ o]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a… …

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  • 68pray*/ — [preɪ] verb 1) [I/T] to speak to God or a SAINT, for example to give thanks or to ask for help They prayed for peace.[/ex] He prayed to God to save him.[/ex] We all prayed that she would soon recover.[/ex] 2) [I] to hope or wish very strongly for …

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  • 69PRAY — Programs of Religious Activities for Youth (Community » Religion) *** Praise Repent Ask Yield (Community » Religion) * Programs For Religious Awards For Youth (Community » Religion) …

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  • 70pray — v 1. appeal to, call on or upon, invoke, cry to, Rhet. apostrophize; plead, clamor for, cry for, beg for, request; supplicate, beseech, entreat, implore, sue, solicit, obsecrate, impetrate; importune, entreat, adjure, obtest, throw oneself at the …

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