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pray definition

pray (prā)

transitive verb

  1. to implore or beseech: now seldom used except as the elliptical form of “I pray you” pray tell me
  2. to ask for by prayer or supplication; beg for imploringly
  3. to recite (a prayer)
  4. to bring about, get, etc. by praying

Etymology: ME preien < OFr preier < LL precare, for L precari < prex (gen. precis), prayer < IE *pre-, var. of base *per-, question > Ger frage, question

intransitive verb

  1. to ask very earnestly; make supplication, as to a deity
  2. to worship God, a god, etc., as by reciting certain set formulas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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