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English
Etymology
Contraction of I pray thee.
Pronunciation
Interjection
prithee
- (archaic) Synonym of please.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):What tidings send our scouts? I prithee, speak.
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