apprecate

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: to pray for

apprecation noun

plural -s

obsolete

apprecatory adjective obsolete

Word History

Etymology

Latin apprecatus, past participle of apprecari, from ad- + precari to pray

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