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Meaning of 'pray' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pray [ n. & v.]
- See Pry.
2 . Pray [ 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.
3 . Pray [ v. t.]
- To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
- To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Meaning of 'pray' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pray [ v]
Meaning (1):
- call upon in supplication; entreat
Example in sentence:
  • I beg you to stop!
Meaning (2):
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
Example in sentence:
  • pray to the Lord

Nearby Words:

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