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Definition: I PRAY |
I PRAY1. I beg; I request; I entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me to go. I pray, sir. why am I beaten? --Shak. Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech; petition. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Request | Adverb: prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: I PRAY |
| English words defined with "I PRAY": Prithee. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "I PRAY": BEG, BONDSMAN ♦ Carmelite, Choriambic Metre ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ GRAPE ♦ INAUSPICIOUSLY, INSURANCE ♦ looking ♦ Patelin, Peace ♦ respite ♦ SCIMETAR, scrap. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Then I heard him praying, now I lay me down to sleep I pray to the lord my soul to keep. (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie) Day by day, day by day O Dear Lord, three things I pray To see more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Day by day. (Godspell; writing credit: David Greene; John-Michael Tebelak) We offer our prayers as best we can. I pray you watch over the young Jack Geoghegan. (We Were Soldiers; writing credit: Harold G. Moore; Joseph L. Galloway) Simple. When I pray to Him, I find I am talking to myself. (The Ruling Class; writing credit: Peter Barnes) And I pray to God that nobody has to see what I saw. (Pearl Harbor; writing credit: Randall Wallace) | |
Lyrics | You will always listen as I pray ("One Sweet Day"; performing artist: Boyz II Men/Mariah Carey) I hoped and I pray that someday ("Earth Angel"; performing artist: The Penguins) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dante Alighieri | But when thou shalt be in the sweet world, I pray thee bring me to men's memory. |
Samuel Pepys | I pray God to keep me from being proud. |
Sir Thomas More | The things, good Lord, that I pray for, give me thy grace to labour for. Amen. |
Sir William Temple | When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't. |
Socrates | I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I pray to God, and do you pray with me, that we may repent of our sins. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | I pray you tell me. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | I pray the Lord my soul to keep. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LOOKING-:GLASS:, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given. The King of Manchuria had a magic looking-glass, whereon whoso looked saw, not his own image, but only that of the king. A certain courtier who had long enjoyed the king's favor and was thereby enriched beyond any other subject of the realm, said to the king: "Give me, I pray, thy wonderful mirror, so that when absent out of thine august presence I may yet do homage before thy visible shadow, prostrating myself night and morning in the glory of thy benign countenance, as which nothing has so divine splendor, O Noonday Sun of the Universe!" Please with the speech, the king commanded that the mirror be conveyed to the courtier's palace; but after, having gone thither without apprisal, he found it in an apartment where was naught but idle lumber. And the mirror was dimmed with dust and overlaced with cobwebs. This so angered him that he fisted it hard, shattering the glass, and was sorely hurt. Enraged all the more by this mischance, he commanded that the ungrateful courtier be thrown into prison, and that the glass be repaired and taken back to his own palace; and this was done. But when the king looked again on the mirror he saw not his image as before, but only the figure of a crowned ass, having a bloody bandage on one of its hinder hooves -- as the artificers and all who had looked upon it had before discerned but feared to report. Taught wisdom and charity, the king restored his courtier to liberty, had the mirror set into the back of the throne and reigned many years with justice and humility; and one day when he fell asleep in death while on the throne, the whole court saw in the mirror the luminous figure of an angel, which remains to this day. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
David Berkowitz | I don't know. I don't know. I pray everyday for those that lost loved ones. And I pray that God would touch their lives and allow them to heal as much as possible. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | I pray God I may be given the wisdom and the prudence to do my duty in the true spirit of this great people. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Today, I ask your prayers that in the years ahead I may have God's help in making decisions that are right for America, and I pray for your help so that together we may be worthy of our challenge. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "I PRAY". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ozanne | N/A | French | Save I pray thee |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "I PRAY": i pray thee ♦ i pray to god. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "I PRAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | je prie dieu (I pray to god). (various references) | |
Hebrew | א י תפל". (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 願わくわ , 願わくは (I wish). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ねがわくわ, ねがわくは (I wish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iay aypray.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de proV autouV mhdamwV adelfoi mh ponhreushsqe |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nolite quaeso fratres mei nolite malum hoc facere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond cwæð, "Nelles, leof. Na do þis yfel þing. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Seith, Wole ye not, I preye, my britheren, wole ye not this yuel don. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And sayde: nay for goddes sake brethren do not so wekedly. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said, My brothers, do not this evil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 7 |
| Bulgarian | Моля ви се, братя мои, не правете такова нечестие. |
| Cebuano | Ug miingon siya: Gipakilooy ko kaninyo, mga igsoon ko, nga dili kamo magbuhat sa hilabihang pagkadautan. |
| Chinese | 說 、 眾 弟 兄 請 們 不 要 作 這 惡 事 。 |
| Croatian | "Braæo moja," reèe on, "molim vas, ne èinite toga zla! |
| Danish | Og han sagde: "Gør dog ikke noget ondt, mine Brødre! |
| Dutch | En hij zeide: Mijn broeders! doet toch geen kwaad! |
| Finnish | ja sanoi: "Älkää, veljeni, tehkö niin pahoin. |
| French | Et il dit: Mes frères, je vous prie, ne faites pas le mal! |
| German | und sprach: Ach, liebe Brüder, tut nicht so übel! |
| Haitian Creole | li di yo konsa Tanpri, mezanmi. Pa fè bagay sal sa a. |
| Hungarian | És monda: Kérlek atyámfiai, ne cselekedjetek gonoszságot. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | ia berkata kepada orang-orang Sodom itu, "Saudara-saudara, saya minta dengan sangat, janganlah melakukan hal yang sejahat itu! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | lalu katanya: Hai saudaraku, janganlah kamu berbuat jahat begitu. |
| Italian | disse: «No, fratelli miei, non fate del male! |
| Korean | 이 르 되 청 하 노 니 ` 내 형 " 아 이 런 악 을 행 치 말 라 |
| Maori | Ka mea, Kaua ra e kino, e oku tuakana. |
| Modern Greek | και ειπε, Μη, αδελφοι μου, μη πραξητε τοιουτον κακον· |
| Norwegian | og sa: Mine brødre, gjør da ikke så ond en gjerning! |
| Portuguese | e disse: Meus irmãos, rogo-vos que não procedais tão perversamente; |
| Rumanian | wi a zis: ,,Frayilor, vq rog, nu faceyi o asemenea rqutate! |
| Russian | Й УЛБЪБМ: 'ТБФШС НПЙ, ОЕ "ЕМБКФЕ ЪМБ; |
| Spanish | y dijo: --¡Por favor, hermanos míos, no hagáis tal maldad! |
| Swedish | och sade: "Mina bröder, gören icke så illa. |
| Thai | และกล่าวว่า "พี่น้องทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าขอวิงวอนท่าน อย่ากระทำชั่วช้าเช่นนี้เลย |
| Ukrainian | і сказав: Браття мої, не чиніть лихого! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-p-r-y" | |
-1 letter: airy, pair, pray. | |
-2 letters: air, par, pay, pia, pry, pya, rap, ray, ria, rip, rya, yap, yar, yip. | |
-3 letters: ai, ar, ay, pa, pi, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-p-r-y" | |
+1 letter: apiary, papyri, parity, piracy, piraya, pyuria. | |
+2 letters: airplay, biparty, cyprian, pirayas, piscary, praying, primacy, primary, privacy, pyralid, pyramid, pyrexia, pyurias, rapidly, topiary, whipray. | |
+3 letters: agrypnia, airplays, apyretic, asperity, cyprians, imparity, lampyrid, lapidary, myriapod, paltrily, papistry, papyrian, papyrine, parrying, partying, plagiary, playgirl, podiatry, polarity, polyuria, pterygia, pupilary, pyralids, pyramids, pyranoid, pyrexial, pyrexias, rapacity, rapidity, repacify, repaying, shipyard, spagyric, sparkily, sparsity, spirally, spraying, syrphian, triptyca, uropygia, vespiary, whiprays. | |
+4 letters: aepyornis, agrypnias, antiparty, apriority, baptistry, biography, bipyramid, capillary, carpingly, caryopsis, coryphaei, depravity, disparity, dysphoria, epigraphy, expiatory, hyperacid, hyperarid, hyperemia, hyperopia, interplay, lampyrids, myriapods, painterly, palmistry, panegyric, panfrying, papillary, paralysis, paralytic, pargyline, parlaying, parleying, parodying, parsimony, partially, paternity, patrimony, pecuniary, perikarya, perimysia, piscatory, pituitary, planarity, playgirls, plurality, polyurias, porphyria, pratingly, preachify, preachily, predacity, prepaying, primality, primarily, privately, profanity, pupillary, pyramidal, pyramided, pyridoxal, pyromania, raspingly, redisplay, replaying, scrappily, shipyards, spagyrics, sparingly, spirogyra, sympatric, syrphians, triptycas. | |
+5 letters: anisotropy, antipiracy, antipyrine, atrophying, baptistery, bipolarity, bipyramids, capitulary, conspiracy, cypripedia, depilatory, depositary, dispensary, dysphorias, epistolary, erysipelas, expiratory, graspingly, hermatypic, hyperbaric, hyperemias, hypermania, hypermanic, hypermedia, hyperopias, hypertonia, ideography, impartibly, imperially, importancy, improbably, interparty, interplays, karyotypic, micropylar, multiparty, orphically, outpraying, overpaying, panegyrics, panegyrist, paralysing, paralytics, paralyzing, paraphysis, pargylines, partiality, partisanly, patriarchy, patronymic, peculiarly, pensionary, perikaryal, perikaryon, phyllaries, pigmentary, pityriases, pityriasis, playwright, polyparies, popularity, porphyrias, portraying, prankishly, preholiday, preprimary, prequalify, presbyopia, presidiary, primevally, prodigally, profitably, profligacy, proximally, psychiatry, pyramiding, pyranoside, pyridoxals, pyromaniac, pyromanias, reapplying, redisplays, respraying, serigraphy, spirogyras, sympatries, syncarpies, tropically, tryptamine, viviparity. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49      50 52 41 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 00100000 01010000 01010010 01000001 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I   P R A Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049      0050 0052 0041 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43250523559 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Bible Trace | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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