pray
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pray/preɪ/
▶verb
- 1 address a prayer to God or another deity.
- 2 wish or hope earnestly for a particular outcome.
– origin ME: from OFr. preier, from late L. precare, alt. of L. precari ‘entreat’.
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