pray
v.
praise or appeal to God in words or thought; request, ask, make a petition, seek
Pray
pray
Verb
1. address God; say a prayer
(hypernym) commune
(derivation) prayer, supplicant
2. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
(synonym) beg, implore
(hypernym) plead
(hyponym) crave
pray
interj.
pray
Pray
(v. t.)
To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.
(v. t.)
To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
(v. t.)
To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
(v. i.)
To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.
(n. & v.)
See Pry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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