Definition of pray

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Pray (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

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Matin :: Matin (n.) Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.
Inexorable :: Inexorable (a.) Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge..
Unprayed :: Unprayed (a.) Not prayed for.
Set :: Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer..
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed..
Unbidden :: Unbidden (a.) Being without a prayer.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold..
Jaculatory :: "Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers..
Private :: Private (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..
Enclitic :: Enclitic (n.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee)..
Apprecation :: Apprecation (n.) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
Precation :: Precation (n.) The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
Outpray :: Outpray (v. t.) To exceed or excel in prayer.
Intercession :: Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others..
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc..
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