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archaic | pray |

As a noun archaic

is (archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).

As an adjective archaic

is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As a verb pray is

to petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

As an adverb pray is

please; used to make a polite request.

archaic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘ Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American?paleolithic’, &c .) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
  • * 1958 , Wiley, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips, Method and Theory in American Archaeology , University of Chicago Press, Chicago, page #107:
  • [...] Archaic Stage [...] the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.
  • (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens .
  • * 2009 , The Human Lineage , page 432:
  • [...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  • * 1848 , , The Biglow Papers :
  • A person familiar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize, in ordinary discourse, many words now noted in English vocabularies as archaic , the greater part of which were in common use about the time of the King James translation of the Bible. Shakespeare stands less in need of a glossary to most New Englanders than to many a native of the Old Country.
  • * 1887 , , Historia Numorum A Manual Of Greek Numismatics :
  • There is in the best archaic coin work [of the Greeks] ... a strength and a delicacy which are often wanting in the fully developed art of a later age.
  • * 1898 , , The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast :
  • Brann's compass of words, idioms and phrases harks back to the archaic and reaches forward to the futuristic.'' Volume 1
  • (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
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  • Belonging to the archaic period
  • Synonyms

    * dated * obsolete * old fashioned

    Derived terms

    * archaically, archaism

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    pray

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
  • Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.
  • To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  • (religion) to communicate with God for any reason.
  • (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I know not how to pray your patience.

    Derived terms

    * prayer * pray in aid

    Adverb

    (-)
  • please; used to make a polite request.
  • pray silence for…
  • * 1816 , (Jane Austen), , 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?"
  • * Charles Dickens, , 1841:
  • Pray''' don’t ask me why, '''pray''' don’t be sorry, '''pray don’t be vexed with me!
  • * Frederick Marryat, , 1845:
  • Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.
  • * 1892 , (Arthur Conan Doyle),
  • Thank you. I am sorry to have interrupted you. Pray continue your most interesting statement.
  • * 2013 , Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/is-pope-catholic-atheists-gay-people-abortion]
  • He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray , does the Catholic church want with doubt?