prays

noun

A surname.

verb

(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.

To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.

(obsolete or law) To implore, to entreat, to request.

(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

adverb

Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you”).

(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request

Roots

precaripray- · Latin · beg, pray

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