Word Meaning

pray definition and meaning

n. & v. See Pry.
v. i. To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.
v. t. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
v. t. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
v. t. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Crossword clues for pray

- Address God
- Beg
- Entreat
- Implore
- Petition
- Supplicate
- Talk to God