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单词 outpray
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outprayv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈpreɪ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈpreɪ/
Forms: see out- prefix and pray v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, pray v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + pray v.
1. intransitive. To pray fervently. Obsolete.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. iii. 4 Who looueþ god shal ful out preyen [a1382 Douce 369(1) out preȝen; L. exorabit] for synnes, & shal withholden hym fro þem.
2. transitive. To outdo in praying; to exceed in devoutness.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > excel in praying
outpray1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 107 Our prayers do outpray his. View more context for this quotation
1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iii. v. 43 Tis all the fault shee has, she will out-pray A Preacher at St Antlins.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxi. 66 He..Out-weeps an Hermite, and out-prays a Saint.
1760 Warburton in D. Neal Hist. Puritans (1855) 97/2 A swarm of armed enthusiasts, who outwitted the patriots, outprayed the Puritans, and outfought the cavaliers.
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iv. 135 He will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field.
1877 R. Browning tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon 56 Either some one out-stole us or out-prayed us—Some god—no man it was the tiller touching.
1932 W. Axling Kagawa ii. 34 His fellow students were forced to acknowledge that he outprayed them, outloved them, outsacrificed them, and outlived them.
2000 Florida Times 31 Dec. c.1 He outprayed me and they beat us.
3. transitive. To overcome by prayer; to bring (something) to an end by praying; to pray beyond the existence of something. Obsolete. rare.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (transitive)] > overcome by praying
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1633 J. Mayne in J. Donne Poems 395 Our Sonnes of Zeale..Who can out pray the glasse, then lay about Till all Predestination be runne out.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. lv. 415 Outpray,—outpreach,—outlive the calumny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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