different between beseeched vs pray
beseeched
English
Verb
beseeched
- simple past tense and past participle of beseech
beseeched From the web:
pray
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French preier, proier, (French prier), from Late Latin *prec?re, from Latin prec?r?, present active infinitive of precor, from prex, precis (“a prayer, a request”), from Proto-Indo-European *pre?- (“to ask, woo”). Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Confer deprecate, imprecate, precarious.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?, IPA(key): /p?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophone: prey
Verb
pray (third-person singular simple present prays, present participle praying, simple past and past participle prayed)
- (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.
- To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
- (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.
Derived terms
- prayer
- pray in aid
- pray to the porcelain god
- prithee
Related terms
- precarious
Translations
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of I pray you, I pray thee, whence also prithee.
Adverb
pray (not comparable)
- (archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8
- "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?"
- 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter 10
- Pray don’t ask me why, pray don’t be sorry, pray don’t be vexed with me!
- 1845, Frederick Marryat, The Mission, Chapter XXI
- Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.
- 1892, 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.
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8
- Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)
- 2013, Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic? (in The Guardian, 20 September 2013)[1]
- He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?
- 2013, Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic? (in The Guardian, 20 September 2013)[1]
Middle English
Verb
pray
- Alternative form of preie
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