pray

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English preien < Old French preier, (French prier) < Latin precari, from prex, precis, “a prayer, a request”; akin to Sanskrit prach “to ask”, Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen. Confer deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to pray

Third person singular
prays

Simple past
prayed

Past participle
prayed

Present participle
praying

to pray (third-person singular simple present prays, present participle praying, simple past and past participle prayed)

  1. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
  2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  3. (religion, Christianity, Judaism) to talk to God for any reason.

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[edit] Translations

to petition a higher being
to beg humbly for aid
to talk to God
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