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Synony, call upon, implore, petition, supplicate

beseech, conjure, iious sense, is devoutly to address the Suprerace or any favor or blessing, and in the fullest sense with thanksgiving and praise for the divine goodness and mercy; the once common use of the word to express any earnest _request_, as ”I _pray_ you to cos molded on older literature, or in certain phrases, as ”_Pray_ sit down;” even in these ”please” is _ you” is also frequently used, as expressing a polite hureat earnestness of _petition_; _implore_ and _supplicate_ denote the ut also humility Compare ASK; PLEAD

PRECARIOUS

Synonyms:

doubtful, hazardous, risky, unsettled, dubious, insecure, unassured, unstable, equivocal, perilous, uncertain, unsteady

_Uncertain_ is applied to things that hue can not certainly determine or that huinally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of , dependent on chance or hazard, withtoward probability; as, one holds office by a _precarious_ tenure, or land by a _precarious_ title; the strong man's hold on life is _uncertain_, the invalid's is _precarious_

Antonyms:

actual, immutable, real, steady, undeniable, assured, incontestable, settled, strong, undoubted, certain, infallible, stable, sure, unquestionable

firm,

PRECEDENT

Synonyms:

antecedent, case, instance, pattern, authority, example, obiter dictum, warrant

A _precedent_ is an authoritative _case_, _example_, or _instance_ The communism of the early Christians in Jerusalem is a wonderful _example_ or _instance_ of Christian liberality, but not a _precedent_ for the universal church through all tiular or unauthorized tribunals are not _precedents_ for the regular administration of law An _obiter dictum_ is an opinion outside of the _case_ in hand, which can not be quoted as an authoritative _precedent_

Compare CAUSE; EXAMPLE

PREDESTINATION

Synonye, foreordination, necessity

_Predestination_ is a previous determination or decision, which, in the divine action, reaches on from eternity _Fate_ is heathen, an irresistible, irrational power deter all events with no hteousness; _necessity_ is philosophical, a blind sohtest action or motion in the chain of inevitable, eternal sequence; _foreordination_ and _predestination_ are Christian, denoting the rational and righteous order or decree of the supree_ is sie of all events, which some hold to be entirely separable from his _foreordination_, while others hold _foreordination_ to be inseparably involved in _foreknowledge_