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"word": "plug and pray"
},
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"word": "prayer"
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"word": "pray in aid"
},
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"word": "praying Indian"
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"word": "praying machine"
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"word": "praying mantid"
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"word": "praying mantis"
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"word": "praying shawl"
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"word": "pray the gay away"
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"word": "pray to the porcelain god"
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{
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"word": "pray to the porcelain goddess"
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"word": "prithee"
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"word": "spray and pray"
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"2": "xno",
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"3": "precor",
"4": "precārī"
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"4": "a prayer, a request"
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"4": "",
"5": "to ask, woo"
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"2": "frignan"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fragen"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "vragen"
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"1": "en",
"2": "deprecate"
},
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{
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"2": "imprecate"
},
"expansion": "imprecate",
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "precarious"
},
"expansion": "precarious",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "praying",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"past"
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{
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"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "en:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 January 13, Bethan McKernan, “Turkey drought: Istanbul could run out of water in 45 days”, in The Guardian",
"text": "The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc."
],
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"links": [
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"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"thought",
"thought"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
],
[
"adoration",
"adoration"
],
[
"thanks",
"thanks"
],
[
"petition",
"petition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc."
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bid"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "lutem"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣallā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "صَلَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daʕā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "دَعَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ṣāle",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ܨܲܠܹܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "ṣalé",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Syriac"
],
"word": "ܨܠܝ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġotʻel",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "աղոթել"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "angrec"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ngrec"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "or"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "auredz"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pricad"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rog"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pãlãcãrsescu"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pãrãcãlsescu"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ncljin"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua etmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "otoitz egin"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "otoiztu"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bidoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "malícca",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "малі́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pamalícca",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "памалі́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "prarthona kora",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "প্রার্থনা করা"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pangadyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mólja se",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мо́ля се"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pujau",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ပူဇော်"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kui:kwai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ကိုးကွယ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hri.hkui:",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ရှိခိုး"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "resar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "adadolisdiha",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kei⁴ tou²",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "khì-tó",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qídǎo",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "禱告"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎogào",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祷告"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "šlēl",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ϣⲗⲏⲗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "modlit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bede"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "tilbede"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bidden"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ebk",
"lang": "Eastern Bontoc",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "monlowaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ovd",
"lang": "Elfdalian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "biða"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "preĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "palvetama"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pʋ'ʋsɛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rukoilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "prier"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "preâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "locva",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ლოცვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "beten"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bidjan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aihtrōn",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséfchomai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "προσεύχομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eúkhomai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "εὔχομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "qinuvoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pule"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpalél",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "הִתְפַּלֵּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prārthanā karnā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "प्रार्थना करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "imádkozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "agkararag"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guidid"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pragà"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregare"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"alt": "いのる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inoru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈る"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitō suru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈祷する"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kigan suru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈願する"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matsuru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祭る"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "mangadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "dūğa oqu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дұға оқу"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "namaz oqu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "намаз оқу"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "a’tʰi’tʰaan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "អធិដ្ឋាន"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "kg",
"lang": "Kongo",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "kusambila"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bilda",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "빌다"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidohada",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "기도하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "diʼa kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "duba kıluu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуба кылуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "namaz okuu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "намаз окуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "prië"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼa thi thān",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ອະທິຖານ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūat",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ສວດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūat mon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ສວດມົນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ōrō"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "precor"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "lūgt"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "maldauti"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregà"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bieden"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "moli se",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли се"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "talab"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "inoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "nhembo'e"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mörgöx",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "мөргөх"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zalbirax",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "залбирах"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "sodilzin"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "prier"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "xnn",
"lang": "Northern Kankanay",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "menlowalo"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rohkadallat"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ᩋᨵᩥᨭᩛᩣ᩠ᨶ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "moliti sę",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити сѧ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "moliti sę",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити сѧ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ġebiddan"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "do'â kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "دعا کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyâyeš",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "نیایش"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'ebâdat kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "عبادت کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pomodlić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ruga"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "închina"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "urar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molítʹsja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomolítʹsja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dèan ùrnaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити се"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "moliti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "yáun súu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ယွၼ်းသူး"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "súu táung",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "သူးတွင်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modliť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "moliti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bjatowaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "módliś se"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić so"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rapela"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ksc",
"lang": "Southern Kalinga",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "malluwaru"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "kusali"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "manalangin"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "magdasal"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "blt",
"lang": "Tai Dam",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ꪼꪪ꫁ꪫꪮꪙ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "blt",
"lang": "Tai Dam",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ꪵꪒ꪿ꪎꪷ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "duʾo kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуъо кардан"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ibodat kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ибодат кардан"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "duo xondan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуо хондан"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vēṇṭu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "வேண்டு"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùuat",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "สวด"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "à-tít-tǎan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "อธิษฐาน"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùuat-mon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "สวดมนต์"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha ton",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་ཏོན"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha ton byed pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་ཏོན་བྱེད་པ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha 'don byed pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་འདོན་བྱེད་པ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "smon lam 'debs pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "སྨོན་ལམ་འདེབས་པ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "doga okamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "molýtysja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pomolýtysja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "'ibādat karnā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "عبادت کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "duo qilmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "cầu nguyện"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "baota"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "priyî"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "gweddïo"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "betn",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "בעטן"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "davnen",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "דאַוונען"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 7 9 5 8",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua kerden"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bid"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣallā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "صَلَّى"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daʕā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "دَعَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġotʻel",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "աղոթել"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ṣāle",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ܨܲܠܹܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pangadyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kui:kwai",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ကိုးကွယ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "resar"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kei⁴ tou²",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "khì-tó",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qídǎo",
"sense": "to talk to God",
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "禱告"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎogào",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祷告"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "modlit se"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bede"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bidden"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "preĝi"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "biðja"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rukoilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "prier"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "locva",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ლოცვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "beten"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bidjan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséfchomai",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "προσεύχομαι"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpalél",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "התפלל"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prārthanā karnā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "प्रार्थना करना"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "imádkozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "kyssyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "guigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "guidid"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pregare"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"alt": "いのる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inoru",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈る"
},
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "siynu",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "сиыну"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bilda",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "빌다"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "nimêj kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "prië"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "precor"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sembah"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sembahyang"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "inoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to talk to God",
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"word": "prier"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "be"
},
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "moliti",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "молити"
},
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ġebiddan"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyâyeš",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "نیایش"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'ebâdat kardan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "عبادت کردن"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namâz xwândan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "نماز خواندن"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić się"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rezar"
},
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "orar"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ruga"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molítʹsja",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́ться"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomolítʹsja",
"sense": "to talk to God",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́ться"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "moliti"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rapela"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rogar"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rezar"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sali"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bedja"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "be"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārthiñcu",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ప్రార్థించు"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kaoróp boochaa",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "เคารพบูชา"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "cầu"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "cầu nguyện"
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{
"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "beade"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "betn got",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "בעטן גאָט"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "mehebet"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "nemaz kerden"
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"_dis1": "46 19 17 11 8",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "niyaz"
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "anoa"
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "ვედრება"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "biðja"
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{
"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bæna"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"alt": "ねがう",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "願う"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "ja",
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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"code": "jra",
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"word": "kơwưh"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "minono"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "shn",
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"roman": "yáun súu",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "ယွၼ်းသူး"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "es",
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"word": "rogar"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
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{
"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "sv",
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
"code": "th",
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"word": "อ้อนวอน"
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"_dis1": "14 58 12 5 11",
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"ref": "2021, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, “Schedule”, in Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021, page 31",
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{
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{
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"ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 370",
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{
"ref": "2021, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, “Schedule”, in Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021, page 31",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bid"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "lutem"
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "صَلَّى"
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ܨܲܠܹܐ"
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
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"code": "hy",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "աղոթել"
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"code": "rup",
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"word": "angrec"
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"code": "rup",
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"code": "rup",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua etmək"
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"code": "bn",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "প্রার্থনা করা"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pangadyi"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "my",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ပူဇော်"
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"word": "ရှိခိုး"
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈禱"
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "kei⁴ tou²",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
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"code": "hak",
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"word": "祈禱"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cop",
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"code": "cs",
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{
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"code": "da",
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "et",
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{
"code": "gur",
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"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pʋ'ʋsɛ"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rukoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "prier"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "preâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "locva",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ლოცვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "beten"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bidjan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aihtrōn",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséfchomai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "προσεύχομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eúkhomai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "εὔχομαι"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "qinuvoq"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pule"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpalél",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "הִתְפַּלֵּל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prārthanā karnā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "प्रार्थना करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "imádkozik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "agkararag"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guigh"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guidid"
},
{
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pragà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregare"
},
{
"alt": "いのる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inoru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈る"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitō suru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈祷する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kigan suru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祈願する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matsuru",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "祭る"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "mangadi"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "dūğa oqu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дұға оқу"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "namaz oqu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "намаз оқу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "a’tʰi’tʰaan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "អធិដ្ឋាន"
},
{
"code": "kg",
"lang": "Kongo",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "kusambila"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bilda",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "빌다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidohada",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "기도하다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "diʼa kirin"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "duba kıluu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуба кылуу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "namaz okuu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "намаз окуу"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "prië"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼa thi thān",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ອະທິຖານ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūat",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ສວດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sūat mon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ສວດມົນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ōrō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "precor"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "lūgt"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregâ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "maldauti"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregà"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "bieden"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "moli se",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли се"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "talab"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "inoi"
},
{
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "nhembo'e"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mörgöx",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "мөргөх"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zalbirax",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "залбирах"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "sodilzin"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "prier"
},
{
"code": "xnn",
"lang": "Northern Kankanay",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "menlowalo"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rohkadallat"
},
{
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ᩋᨵᩥᨭᩛᩣ᩠ᨶ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "moliti sę",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити сѧ"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "moliti sę",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити сѧ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ġebiddan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "do'â kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "دعا کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyâyeš",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "نیایش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'ebâdat kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "عبادت کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pomodlić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ruga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "închina"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "urar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molítʹsja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomolítʹsja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dèan ùrnaigh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "guidh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "молити се"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "moliti se"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "yáun súu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ယွၼ်းသူး"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "súu táung",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "သူးတွင်း"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modliť sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "moliti se"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bjatowaś"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "módliś se"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić so"
},
{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rapela"
},
{
"code": "ksc",
"lang": "Southern Kalinga",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "malluwaru"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "kusali"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "manalangin"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "magdasal"
},
{
"code": "blt",
"lang": "Tai Dam",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ꪼꪪ꫁ꪫꪮꪙ"
},
{
"code": "blt",
"lang": "Tai Dam",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ꪵꪒ꪿ꪎꪷ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "duʾo kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуъо кардан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ibodat kardan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ибодат кардан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "duo xondan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "дуо хондан"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vēṇṭu",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "வேண்டு"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùuat",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "สวด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "à-tít-tǎan",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "อธิษฐาน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùuat-mon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "สวดมนต์"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha ton",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་ཏོན"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha ton byed pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་ཏོན་བྱེད་པ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha 'don byed pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "ཁ་འདོན་བྱེད་པ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "smon lam 'debs pa",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "སྨོན་ལམ་འདེབས་པ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua etmek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "doga okamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "molýtysja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pomolýtysja",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́тися"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "'ibādat karnā",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "عبادت کرنا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "duo qilmoq"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "cầu nguyện"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "baota"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "priyî"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "gweddïo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "betn",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "בעטן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "davnen",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "דאַוונען"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to petition a higher being",
"word": "dua kerden"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "smeek"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġačʻel",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "աղաչել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "molja",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "моля"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐqiú",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "乞求"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "pěkně prosit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bede"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "smeken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "rukoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vedreba",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "ვედრება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bitten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "erbitten"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bæna"
},
{
"alt": "ねがう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "negau",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "願う"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kou",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "請う"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tangan suru",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "嘆願する"
},
{
"code": "jra",
"lang": "Jarai",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "kơwưh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "minono"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "błagać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "rogar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "ruga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molítʹ",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomolítʹ",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́ть"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "yáun súu",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "ယွၼ်းသူး"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "rogar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "sali"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bönfalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ônwon",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "อ้อนวอน"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "betn",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "בעטן"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to beg humbly for aid",
"word": "bımbarek (diq)"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bid"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣallā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "صَلَّى"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daʕā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "دَعَا"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġotʻel",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "աղոթել"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ṣāle",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ܨܲܠܹܐ"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pangadyi"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kui:kwai",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ကိုးကွယ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "resar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pregar"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kei⁴ tou²",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "khì-tó",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈禱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qídǎo",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈祷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "禱告"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎogào",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祷告"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "modlit se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bede"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bidden"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "preĝi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rukoilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "prier"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "locva",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ლოცვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "beten"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bidjan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséfchomai",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "προσεύχομαι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpalél",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "התפלל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prārthanā karnā",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "प्रार्थना करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "imádkozik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "biðja"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "berdoa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "kyssyä"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "guigh"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "guidid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "pregare"
},
{
"alt": "いのる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inoru",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "祈る"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "siynu",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "сиыну"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bilda",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "빌다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "nimêj kirin"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "prië"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "precor"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sembah"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sembahyang"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "inoi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "prier"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "moliti",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "молити"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ġebiddan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyâyeš",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "نیایش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'ebâdat kardan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "عبادت کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namâz xwândan",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "نماز خواندن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "modlić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ruga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molítʹsja",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моли́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomolítʹsja",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помоли́ться"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "moliti"
},
{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rapela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "orar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rogar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "rezar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "sali"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "bedja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "prārthiñcu",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "ప్రార్థించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kaoróp boochaa",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "เคารพบูชา"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "cầu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "cầu nguyện"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "beade"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "betn got",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "בעטן גאָט"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "mehebet"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "nemaz kerden"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to talk to God",
"word": "niyaz"
}
],
"word": "pray"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"en:Communication"
],
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"2": "",
"3": "I pray you"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "",
"3": "I pray thee"
},
"expansion": "I pray thee",
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{
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "pray silence for…",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1845, Frederick Marryat, “Chapter XXI”, in The Mission",
"text": "Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb",
"text": "Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Please; used to make a polite request"
],
"links": [
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],
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"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(“I ask you (insincerely)”)",
"word": "pray tell"
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "20 September 2013, Martina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian",
"text": "He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)"
],
"links": [
[
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"tags": [
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"alternative",
"not-comparable"
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}
],
"word": "pray"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"word": "preie"
}
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"categories": [
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"Middle English non-lemma forms",
"Middle English verb forms"
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"Alternative form of preie"
],
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[
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"preie#Middle English"
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"alternative"
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}
],
"word": "pray"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kî-tó vs. zh-min-nan",
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "pray",
"trace": ""
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
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