pray in aid (English, verb)
expansion: pray in aid (third-person singular simple present prays in aid, present participle praying in aid, simple past and past participle prayed in aid)
Senses:
glosses: To resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument.
tags: archaic
intransitive
topics: law
glosses: 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.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: prays in aid
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: praying in aid
tags: participle
present
form: prayed in aid
tags: participle
past
form: prayed in aid
tags: past