pray in aid

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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.

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

詳細

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.

詳細

prays in aid （ present singular third-person ）

praying in aid （ participle present ）

prayed in aid （ participle past ）

prayed in aid （ past ）