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pray v.

to offer praise or thanks to or to petition (God or an object of worship): [no object]She knelt down and began to pray.[~ + to + object]She prays to God every night.[~ + for + object]to pray for rain.[~ + (that) clause]She prayed that he would not be killed in the war.

pray v.t.

to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
to offer (a prayer).
to bring, put, etc., by praying:to pray a soul into heaven.
to make earnest petition to (a person).
to make petition or entreaty for;
crave:She prayed his forgiveness.
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to God or to an object of worship.
to enter into spiritual communion with God or an object of worship through prayer.

v.i.

to make entreaty or supplication, as to a person or for a thing.

Old French preier Latin precārī to beg, pray, derivative of prex (stem prec-) prayer; akin to Old English fricgan, Dutch vragen, German fragen, Gothic fraihnan to ask
Middle English preien 1250–1300

pray′ing•ly, adv.

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pray /preɪ/ vb

when intr, often followed by for; when tr, usually takes a clause as object: to utter prayers (to God or other object of worship): we prayed to God for the sick child
(when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to make an earnest entreaty (to or for); beg or implore: she prayed to be allowed to go, leave, I pray you

interj

archaic I beg you; please: pray, leave us alone

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French preier, from Latin precārī to implore, from prex an entreaty; related to Old English fricgan, Old High German frāgēn to ask, Old Norse fregna to enquire

'pray for' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

beadhouse - call - deprecate - invoke - opt - ora pro nobis - World Day of Prayer

Synonyms: ask earnestly, pray, hope for, wish, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "pray for" in the title:

he did not merely piously pray for political converts
I pray < for you to be well. / you are well. >
I pray for you to be saved from hunting VS I pray for you be saved from hunting.
no matter how many times we pray or for how long
pray (= ask for) God's forgiveness
Pray (to hope or wish very much for something to happen)
Pray for
pray for difficulty
Pray for her
Pray for me that I may/will have a good year in 2016
Pray for my sister that she finds/find
pray for not
pray for nothing to happen
Pray for someone to be vs Pray someone is
Pray for the stranger
pray to the Lord 'for blessing me'
pray to their gods for a good harvest with/by singing
pray what are we the wiser for all their jabbering???
pray with you for you to recover
say prayer/pray + to/for me
There was nothing left to do but pray for help.
to pray hell for leather
Verb form for a title: pray/to pray/praying
were it fit that such as I should pray for anything
You'd better pray for me not to

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