pray in aid

verb

To resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument.

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Meanings

verbpray in aid (third-person singular simple present prays in aid, present participle praying in aid, simple past and past participle prayed in aid)

present singular third person prays in aid · participle present praying in aid · participle past prayed in aid · past prayed in aid

  1. archaicintransitiveTo resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument.
  2. transitivelawTo ask for the help of (someone or something) in pleading a case; to make use of, adduce (something) in defence of a case, argument etc.

    Other, smaller craters in the North Sea and Ukraine have been prayed in aid of this theory.

    2009 October, The Economist, page 84
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