pray

Meaning

Verb

1. To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
3. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
4. To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
5. (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.

Adv

1. (archaic, formal, not-comparable) Please; used to make a polite request
2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you”).

Synonyms

beg

worship

request

ask

implore

beseech

entreat

supplicate

wish

solicit

plead

demand

appeal

petition

deify

ask for

adore

hope

seek

🔍

take an oath

vow

beg for

desire

urge

greet

crave for

importune

say one’s prayers

sue for

bid

one who prays

bless

go to church

sue

speak

🗣️

say

🗣️

apply

please

beseech for

implore for

importune for

chant

crave

prayer

pray for

enshrine

read

📖

greet the angels

adjure

apply for

Translations

prier

🛐

pregare

🛐

beten

🛐

bidden

🛐

rezar

🛐

orar

🛐

rezar

🛐

orar

🛐

rogar

προσεύχομαι

supplicare

pregar

🛐

supplier

orare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹeɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: preien

In summary

From Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French preier, proier (French prier), from Latin precārī, from prex, precis (“a prayer, a request”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.
Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

Sentences

No compliments , pray Without ceremony , Without the organ , Without repetition .