Definition of pray

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Pray (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..

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Spray :: Spray (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up..
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..
Apprecation :: Apprecation (n.) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Apprecatory :: Apprecatory (a.) Praying or wishing good.
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers..
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..
Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..
Prayingly :: Prayingly (adv.) With supplication to God.
Spray :: Spray (v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like..
Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy..
Prayerless :: Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Bloomy :: Bloomy (a.) Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray..
Bene :: Bene (n.) A prayer; boon.
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Hour :: Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers..
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