pray

IPA: prˈeɪ

(religion) 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.
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
(obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.

Examples of "pray" in Sentences

Now, how kin I pray, not to say _pray_, out yer, in this yer lan '?
Ask as a traveller asks the way; to pray is to enquire of God, Ezek. xxxvi.
'Oh! Doctor Bryerly, pray, _pray_ who is the friend, and where is he going?'
Kneel down and pray, pray, _pray_ to God to help your father to get away from them.
First get into good shape to pray, and then with all your praying strength and skill _pray_.
This explanation of "pray" is needed by its logical connection with "prayer in an unknown tongue" (1Co 14: 14).
O no, my dear, it is _to pray, to pray_ as God would have us; this is what at times makes me turn cold to my soul.
No! I will think of the tyranny and the revolt; I will pray, yes, _pray_ that I might have courage to do as they did!
FATHER, "our Blessed Lord has given us the substance of all that can be said, as to _the privilege of prayer, what to pray for_, and _how to pray_.
"Mamma, I will try to be perfectly submissive to his will, even if it is to take you away from me; but oh, I must pray, pray, _pray_ as hard as I can that it may please him to spare your dear life and let me keep my mother at least till I am grown to be a man.