Definitions
call upon in supplication; entreat
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English preien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Late Latin precāre, from Latin precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.
Used in a sentence
“Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.”
“Pray to the small gods and hope that they may hear thee. Yet what mercy should the small gods have, who themselves made Death and Pain; or shall they restrain their old hound Time for thee?”
“The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Speak to a deity”4 letters
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