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English
Etymology
From un- + pray.
Pronunciation
Verb
unpray (third-person singular simple present unprays, present participle unpraying, simple past and past participle unprayed)
- To annul or revoke (something previously prayed for) by prayer.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:he found himselfe overwhelmed in the injoying of his desire, and being enrich't with an intolerable commoditie, he must now unpray his prayers […].
1676, [Matthew Hale], “The Knowledge of Christ Crucified”, in Contemplations Moral and Divine. , London: William Godbid, for William Shrowsbury , and John Leigh , →OCLC, page 232:That even vvhiles the infirmity of his [Jesus's] humane nature ſtarted at the apprehenſion of vvhat he vvas to ſuffer, and prayed againſt it, yet the freeneſs and purity of his obedience carried [him] on to it, and made him, as it vvere, un-pray vvhat he had before prayed: […]
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