† prayantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Given to praying; engaged in praying.
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα i. xii. 93 Fanatick Errour and Levity would seem an Euchite as well as an Eristick, Prayant as well as Predicant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1659- to set the hare's head foot against the goosegiblet
- to set the hare's head hare-pie against the goose-giblet
- to set the hare's head harepie against the goosegiblet
- to set the heather on fire
- to set the kiln on fire
- to set the kiln on fire sc a-low
- to set the kiln on fire sc alow
- to set the land
- to set the mouth a watering
- to set the pace
- to set the record straight
- to set the scene
- to set the sponge
- to set the spurs to
- to set the stage
- to set the stroke
- to set the thames on fire
- to set the the teeth a watering
- to set the tortoise to catch the hare
- to set the world on aflame
- to set the world on alight
- to set the world on etc
- to set the world on fire
- to set their heads together
- to set them up