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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..

Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale..

Good :: Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.

Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..

Preacher :: Preacher (n.) One who inculcates anything with earnestness.

Spoiled :: Spoffish (a.) Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.

Supplication :: Supplication (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship..

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

Beseechment :: Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..

Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.

Earnestness :: Earnestness (n.) The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Gaze :: Gaze (v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention..

Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..

Adjuration :: Adjuration (n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal..

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly..

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..

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