ORATE, orate
Sounds Like: OH-rah-teh
Translations: pray, plead, speak, beg, entreat
From the root: ORO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: ORATE is the second person plural present active imperative form of the Latin verb ORO. It means 'you all pray' or 'pray ye'. The verb ORO generally means to speak, to plead, or to pray, often with a sense of formal address or supplication. It is commonly used in religious contexts to command a group of people to pray.
Inflection: Second Person, Plural, Present, Active, Imperative
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:3
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ORO, appear in our texts.
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