Pray

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To utter or address a prayer or prayers to God, a god, or another object of worship.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a fervent request or entreaty.
  • v. To utter or say a prayer or prayers to; address by prayer.
  • v. To ask (someone) imploringly; beseech. Now often used elliptically for I pray you to introduce a request or entreaty: Pray be careful.
  • v. To make a devout or earnest request for: I pray your permission to speak.
  • v. To move or bring by prayer or entreaty.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
  • v. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  • v. to communicate with God for any reason.
  • ad. please; used to make a polite request.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-and-verb. See pry.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive.
  • v. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
  • v. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
  • v. To effect or accomplish by praying.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ask earnestly; beg; entreat; supplicate, as for a personal grace or favor.
  • In religious usage, to make devout petition to God, or (in some forms of religion) to any object of worship, as a saint or an angel; more generally, to enter into spiritual communion with God, usually through the medium of speech. See prayer.
  • I pray, usually, by ellipsis, pray, a common formula introducing a question, invitation, suggestion, or request. Compare prithee.
  • To ask earnestly; beg; entreat; supplicate; urge.
  • In religious usage, to address a desire or petition to (specifically to God) devoutly and with reverence.
  • To offer up, as a prayer; utter in devotion.
  • To make entreaty or petition for; crave; implore: as, the plaintiff prays judgment of the court.
  • To effect, move, or bring by prayer or entreaty: followed by an adverb or a preposition particularizing the meaning.
  • Synonyms To crave, implore, beseech, petition, importune. See prayer.
  • An obsolete spelling of prey.
  • A dialectal form of pry.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
  • v. call upon in supplication; entreat
    • Antonym
    curse   
    Verb Form
    prayed    praying    prays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    commune   
    Cross Reference
    to pray in aid   
    Variant
    pry   
    Form
    prayer    pray in aid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beg    implore    invoke    petition    beseech    supplicate    entreat    bring    appeal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A    A.    Bay    Bombay    Bua    Ca    Cabernet    Calais    Cathay    Chevrolet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hurteth    honking    can    regurgitation    prayse    expl    toolsto    Christ    btm    'tll   
     
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