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verb
- To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- (context, Christianity) to talk to God for any reason.
Translations: - Dutch: bidden
- German: beten
- French: prier
- Italian: pregare
- Spanish: rogar
Etymology: preien < preier, (French prier) < precari, from prex, precis, "a prayer, a request"; akin to Sanskrit prach "to ask", Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen. Confer deprecate, imprecate, precarious.
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