repray
repray verb: to pray again.
Verb
repray (third-person singular simple present reprays, present participle repraying, simple past and past participle reprayed)
- To pray again.
- Thus the best-written prayers are products of an evolution: first, ardent praying, then careful composition, followed by repraying, to issue in a finished form.1939, Brent, Charles Henry, Adventures in prayer, Harper & Brothers, page 99
- If we mantises took the time to sort them out, we’d never get them all reprayed.1973, Skurzynski, Gloria, The remarkable journey of Gustavus Bell, Abingdon Press, page 37
Forms of repray
| third-person singular present | reprays |
|---|---|
| present participle | repraying |
| past participle | reprayed |
| past | reprayed |
Origin of repray
re- + pray
Questions about repray
- What does repray mean?
- Repray means to pray again.
- What part of speech is repray?
- Repray is a verb.
- What is the past tense of repray?
- The past tense of repray is reprayed.
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