precor — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ask verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- pray verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
- supplicate verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
Senses
precor is used for these senses in English:
- ask (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- pray (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.
- pray (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
ask — full definition
- verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- verb To request that someone do something, or to request permission.
- verb To invite someone.
- noun A request, or something requested — often used in business or fundraising contexts.
- noun The price a seller is asking for something.
pray — full definition
- verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
- verb To ask someone earnestly for something.