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pray
has definitions from the field of religion
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[ verb ] (religion) address God; say a prayer
Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Open your heart to Him and pray , Stephen , pray ! Open your heart to Him and pray , Stephen , pray ! He strove to think of God and His eternal wrath ; he must pray to be spared . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Not even Varnessa ; she , too , prayed only to God . Tears burned behind his eyes as he prayed and meditated tonight . |
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[ verb ] call upon in supplication; entreat
Examples "I beg you to stop!" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)`` Now I lay me down to sleep , The gray-backs o ' er my body creep ; If they should bite before I wake , I pray the Lord their jaws to break '' `` . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6297
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