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Meaning of pray in aid | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument.
    archaic, intransitive
  2. 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.
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See also

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

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