pray
verb
[ preɪ ]
• address a prayer to God or another deity.
• "the whole family are praying for Michael"
Similar:
say one's prayers,
be at prayer,
make one's devotions,
offer a prayer/prayers,
commune with,
invoke,
call on,
implore,
appeal to,
entreat,
beseech,
beg,
ask/request earnestly,
plead,
crave,
petition,
solicit,
supplicate,
importune,
obsecrate,
pray
adverb
• used as a preface to polite requests or instructions.
• "ladies and gentlemen, pray be seated"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘ask earnestly’): from Old French preier, from late Latin precare, alteration of Latin precari ‘entreat’.
