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      "phonetic": [
        "preɪ"
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      "etymologies": [
        "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”).\nCognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.",
        "Ellipsis of I pray you, I pray thee, whence also prithee."
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        {
          "name": "Verb",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.\nMuslims pray in the direction of Mecca."
            },
            {
              "mean": "To humbly beg a person for aid or their time."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for."
            },
            {
              "mean": "To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.\nShe is praying that the Red Sox will win tonight."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request."
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          "name": "Adverb",
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            {
              "mean": "(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request\npray silence for…\n1815 December (indicated as 1816),  ,  chapter 8, in  Emma: , volume (please specify |volume=I, II or III), London:     for John Murray, →OCLC:\"Pray, Mr. Knightley,\" said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, \"how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?\"\n1840 April – 1841 November,  Charles Dickens,  “Chapter the Tenth”, in  The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. , volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1841, →OCLC:Pray don’t ask me why, pray don’t be sorry, pray don’t be vexed with me!\n1845,  Frederick Marryat,  “Chapter XXI”, in  The Mission:Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.\n1892,  Arthur Conan Doyle,  The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb:Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement."
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            {
              "mean": "Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)\n20 September 2013,  Martina Hyde,  “Is the pope Catholic?”, in  The Guardian‎:He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?"
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          "name": "동사.",
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          "name": "부사.",
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