English Dictionary

pray in aid

動詞

古語 自動詞 他動詞

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

日本語の意味

（特に議論の支持を得るために）援助や支援を求める / （議論の裏拠として）助けを頼りにする

With no other options left, he chose to pray in aid, turning to his former mentor for support.

他に選択肢が残っていなかったので、彼はやむを得ず以前の師に援助を求めた。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(transitive, chiefly law) To 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.

prays in aid （ present singular third-person ）

praying in aid （ participle present ）

prayed in aid （ participle past ）

prayed in aid （ past ）