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pray
[ prey ]
verb (used with object)
- to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- to offer (a prayer).
- to bring, put, etc., by praying:
to pray a soul into heaven.
- to make earnest petition to (a person).
Synonyms: implore, beseech, beg, supplicate, entreat, importune
- to make petition or entreaty for; crave:
She prayed his forgiveness.
- to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to God or to an object of worship.
- to enter into spiritual communion with God or an object of worship through prayer.
verb (used without object)
- to make entreaty or supplication, as to a person or for a thing.
verb phrase
pray
/ preɪ /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by for; when tr, usually takes a clause as object to utter prayers (to God or other object of worship)
we prayed to God for the sick child
- when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive to make an earnest entreaty (to or for); beg or implore
she prayed to be allowed to go
leave, I pray you
- rare.tr to accomplish or bring by praying
to pray a soul into the kingdom
interjection
- archaic.I beg you; please
pray, leave us alone
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Other Words From
- pray·ing·ly adverb
- out·pray verb (used with object)
- un·pray·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pray1
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Example Sentences
He said parents of some of his students have emailed him, saying that they are praying for his safety and that their children fear he will contract the virus.
I prayed that this late-night scramble in a poorly ventilated hospital hallway wouldn’t become a superspreader event.
At night, she returns to the home she shares with her elderly mother-in-law, praying the coronavirus isn’t traveling inside her.
They’re also rated to last roughly 70 million clicks before they start to break down, so it should last for quite some time even if you fully subscribe to the “spray-and-pray” school of first-person shooting games.
If he and other Christians had been able to pray outside while senators voted inside, he feels certain it would have changed their votes.
Or as Azealia Banks would say, “I pray for this Clueless White Girl”.
That is a lot to pray for, but Pope Francis is praying for all of us.
“I wake up and I pray, and then I see visions and I explain all those to my mom,” who would give her canvases to re-create them.
Let us pray for peace, not violence for Ferguson and our country no matter what the jury in their wisdom might decide.
“I just pray that everyone just keep their children safe,” Anderson said.
"It is good to pray here," she said, in a tone the mildness and sincerity of which made the reproach more cutting.
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
Nigel might pray to a pale Madonna; Isaacson dealt with a definitely blunted woman of the world.
He attempts to pray and make supplication—yea, even he endeavours to perform the service.
During this and the following days, old and young proceed from one church to another, to pray for the souls of the departed.
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