pray

[pray]

To pray is to talk to a deity or god. Some people pray by asking for help or guidance.

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See Pry.

Verb
call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"

Verb
address God; say a prayer

n. & v.
See Pry.

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.

v. t.
To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

v. t.
To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

v. t.
To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Pray

Pray , n. & v. See Pry. [Obs.] Spenser.

Pray

Pray , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Praying.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari, fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to ask, AS. frignan, fr'c6nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth. fra'a1hnan. Cf. Deprecate, Imprecate, Precarious.] 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.

And to his goddess pitously he preyde.

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

I pray, ∨ (by ellipsis) Pray, I beg; I request; I entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me to go.

I pray, sir. why am I beaten?

Syn. -- To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech; petition.

Pray

Pray, v. t. 1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

And as this earl was preyed, so did he.

We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God.

2. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

I know not how to pray your patience.

3. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory. Milman. To pray in aid. (Law) (a) To call in as a helper one who has an interest in the cause. Bacon. (b) A phrase often used to signify claiming the benefit of an argument. See under Aid. Mozley & W.

See Pry.

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.

To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

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Usage Examples

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which do not. We want our own kind of peace, brought about in our own way.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.