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Meaning of pray in aid | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument.
archaic, intransitive
To ask for the help of (someone or something) in pleading a case; to make use of, adduce (something) in defence of a case, argument etc.
transitive

Examples

“Other, smaller craters in the North Sea and Ukraine have been prayed in aid of this theory.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

pray the gay away pray to the porcelain god pray to the porcelain goddess pray'd praye prayed