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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pray /preɪ/USA pronunciation v. - to offer praise or thanks to or to petition (God or an object of worship): [no object]She knelt down and began to pray.[~ + to + object]She prays to God every night.[~ + for + object]to pray for rain.[~ + (that) clause]She prayed that he would not be killed in the war.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pray (prā),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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).
- 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.
v.i. - to make entreaty or supplication, as to a person or for a thing.
- Old French preier Latin precārī to beg, pray, derivative of prex (stem prec-) prayer; akin to Old English fricgan, Dutch vragen, German fragen, Gothic fraihnan to ask
- Middle English preien 1250–1300
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged importune, entreat, supplicate, beg, beseech, implore.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pray /preɪ/ vb - when intr, often followed 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
interj - archaic I beg you; please: pray, leave us alone
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French preier, from Latin precārī to implore, from prex an entreaty; related to Old English fricgan, Old High German frāgēn to ask, Old Norse fregna to enquire |